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The Colonel

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by Ramesh Ramanathan

Nov 20, 2023

What is it about Brahmin ladies and calendars with pictures of Gods, Colonel Raghavan thought to himself. Rama and his triumvirate—Lakshman, Sita and the ever-obedient Hanuman crouched at the feet of the Lord had reappeared on the living room wall. The Colonel believed in the strict segregation between state and religion. Pictures of a religious nature, in his opinion, belonged in the Puja room, the designated place for worship and contemplation of matters of the spirit. In his younger days, he

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