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Nectar in a Sieve, Page 20

Kamala Markandaya


  Ollock • • about one pound in weight

  Pandal • • marquee

  Patt-has • • fireworks [onomatopoic]

  Peons • • porters, messengers

  Zemindar • • landowner

  Words whose meaning is readily apparent have not been included.

  Twelve pies are equal to one anna; sixteen annas, to one rupee. A pice is three pies.