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THE CHURCH AND A DARGAH When I first came to Hyderabad in 1988, Aruna and Major Reddy practically adopted me and Murali and we have been part of each other's lives since then. And by osmosis I have also become part of Vasu's (Aruna's sister) group, who like to eat out, travel, visit places and quite often I am out with them. Shamima is the much travelled one, Shanta the wise one, Raju the friendly one and I must let out a secret here. Because I am younger by a couple of years I am treated with great fondness and hamaari koi bhi maang sar aankhon par. Obviously I boss around a lot and that too is accepted as part of my youthfulness. It is truly a win win situation for me. This time we visited Our Lady of Fatima Church at Thimmapur, five kms from Chegoor and shy of a few more kms of the Heartfulness Centre at Kanha, which I have visited so often recently. I noticed this extremely clean village while crossing it and also had noticed that there was a church and a school of the ...