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byRutgers University Press,1992  \nFirst published in cloth and paperback in the United Kingdom by Virago PressLimited,1991  \nCopyright ◎1992 by Anjana Appachana  \nThe poem 'Sympathy',reproduced in 'Sharmaji and the Diwali Sweets'iscopyright OPaul Lawrence Dunbar;the poem'Culture'is copyright CEdwardBond.  \nGrateful acknowledgement is made to the following anthologies and journalsin which these stories first appeared:The O.Henry Festival Stories for 'HerMother';Eve's Weekly and The Forbidden Stitch,An Asian American Women'sAnthology for 'My Only Gods';Room of One's Own for 'Bahu';The LongStory for 'Sharmaji';The Artful Dodge for 'Sharmji and the Diwali Sweets';Namaste and The Webster Review for 'When Anklets Tinkle';and Imprint forThe Prophecy'.  \nAll rights reservedManufactured in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nAppachana,Anjana  \nIncantations and other stories /Anjana Appachana.p.cm.  \nISBN 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