" The moving finger writes,
And having writ, moves on;
Nor all thy Piety or Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a word of it."
- Omar Khayyam
Aarshi at Chilka
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The little girl in a colourful floral dress, with her wide-brimmed hat, dancing
and prancing and having a good time as always.
Aarshi at Chilka Lake, Oct. 2016.The clockwork kid in
motion.
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