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Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 24
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy
Chilly
Quiet
Truly
Baroque
Body
Margaret
Life
Ordered
Entering
Bedlam
Tiny
Relinquished
Warm
Gasp
Sea

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