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  2. A Suitable Boy - Wikipedia

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    A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages (1,488 pages in paperback), the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. [1] [2] [3] A Suitable Boy is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows four families during 18 months, and centres on Mrs ...

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    White friend: In fiction centered around a group and/or family of Blacks or other people of color, the white friend is an exaggerated parody of stereotypes of white Americans, including awkwardness around people of color, inability to dance, and being an all-around "square". Chelsea Daniels in That's So Raven; Tom Willis in The Jeffersons

  4. A Suitable Boy (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    A Suitable Boy is a British television drama miniseries directed by Mira Nair and adapted by Andrew Davies from Vikram Seth's 1993 novel of the same name.Set in the backdrop of post-independent India, A Suitable Boy follows four linked families in North India, where the story revolves around Mrs. Rupa Mehra who is in search of a suitable husband for her youngest daughter Lata.

  5. Rupa (name) - Wikipedia

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    Rupa (sometimes spelled Roopa) is a given name, current in the Indian Sub-Continent. Notable people with this name include: Notable people with this name include: Females

  6. Rūpa - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, many compound words are made using rūpa to describe subtle and spiritual realities such as the svarupa, meaning the form of the self.It may be used to express matter or material phenomena, especially that linked to the power of vision in samkhya, [2] In the Bhagavad Gita, the Vishvarupa form, an esoteric conception of the Absolute is described.

  7. List of fictional pigs - Wikipedia

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    She only appeared in two episodes, An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig and Cherokee Hair Tampons. Grunt and Punt Grunt and Punt: Hamm Toy Story: A piggy bank. Hamton J. Pig: Tiny Toon Adventures: A neat freak who is a junior version of Porky Pig. Hawk The Seven Deadly Sins: A talking pig and Meliodas's pet/companion.

  8. Vamana - Wikipedia

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    Pulaha gives the sacred thread to Vamana, Pulastya two white garments, Agastya a deer skin, Bharadvaja a girdle, Marici a staff, Vasistha (son of Varuna) rosary beads, Angiras a broom of Kusa grass, King Raghu an umbrella, Nrga a pair of shoes, Brhaspati a water-jar, and so on. Vamana states 'I will go to Kuruksetra which confers great prosperity.

  9. Urusei Yatsura (film series) - Wikipedia

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    Rupa, Lum's fiancé Carla , is said to be Rupa's betrothed. The fifth film is an animated adaptation of the final story of the manga and is also the official ending of the anime series, in which Lum and Ataru must repeat the game of tag played out in the first episode of the television series, or the Earth will be infested with mushrooms larger ...