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Not celebrating is still an event. (Spoilers for Deathly Hallows)
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Living up to your name
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The God of Small Pictures by Dhobi ki Kutti (dhobikikutti) for esperante
Luck by Chance (2009)
19 Nov 2011
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Guess which sexy soap star was seen tete-a-teting with Mira Nair's AD, who is rumoured to be casting for her debut project?
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To be loved is to be longed for.
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Auspicious Beginnings by Dhobi ki Kutti (dhobikikutti) for fireshowers (julychildren)
Ibis Trilogy - Amitav Ghosh
12 Nov 2011
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It is a custom, among some of the heathen Asiatics and Orientals, to mark sacred idols and the departure or arrival of a loved one with a certain spice they consider auspicious.
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Kalinda favors the classic.
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Rumpelstiltskin: A Hacker's Tale by Liviania for Mithrigil
Rumpelstilzchen | Rumpelstiltskin (Fairy Tale), Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
24 Dec 2010
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A modern retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, in which a young woman must make a computer system unhackable. She's the only one who realizes computers don't work like that.
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A Life, Through Lattices by Dhobi ki Kutti (dhobikikutti) for schemingreader
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
20 Dec 2010
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I glimpse my beloved through stone lace
That is all that keeps me alive each night
Too much! To unveil that flame-like face
Moth-drunk, I would burn in that light
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Bhai holds his hands cupped together, as if around the flame of a diya, and then points to himself. He points to Khadija, and spreads his palms wide before pointing upwards, to the sky, signing for the sun.
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Render back your Trusts by mercredigirl
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
1 Sep 2010
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No midichlorians for her, though.
Jamillia is very much her own woman.
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I was called "inscrutable" by a man who had never smiled at me in an entire year, who sometimes responded to my "Good morning," with a little tip of his patrician head, as though speech was something he'd have to hold in reserve for someone who counted.
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It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910
King Edward's on the throne;
It's the age of men
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A British nanny must be a gen'ral!
The future empire lies within her hands
And so the person that we need to mold the breed
Is a nanny who can give commands!-- from "The Life I Lead" (Lyrics: Robert B. Sherman)
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O'Porter & Venky by circumvention (brainwane)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation
20 Mar 2010
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Two 101-word stories inspired by Fred von Lohmann's talk at New York University, 23 Feb 2009.
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the patils are not the kicky fun kind of twins
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Hurree Babu and Noddy Sing the Blues by Dhobi ki Kutti (dhobikikutti) for Tish (count_nickula)
The Daily Show RPF
22 Feb 2010
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A night in the life.
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Bindia sits at her bed, the hockey stick now a welcome weight in her hands.
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Five Things of a sort: five women from the Sea of Poppies. (Yuletide Treat)
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Latika doesn't tell Jamal that she's looking for work.
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