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...physique and temperament. Shridaman has a noble head, a secondary body, Nanda a handsome body whose head is like the parsley on a roast. Shridaman is the religious, poetic, neurotic type, Nanda an amiable, simple sensualist. They like each other through their differences. For shy Shridaman, Nanda courts Sita "of the beautiful hips," and whose head is as empty as her body is luscious. The tragicomic troubles of this trio are just nicely begun where the original legend ends...
Nanda, with his second-team head and Shridaman's bench-warming body, retires to the woods for solitude and self-mortification. Shridaman, with Nanda's body, becomes that great rarity, "a husband who, so to speak, consisted of nothing but principal features." For a while he and Sita have a wonderful time...
...passenger list) and, to the indescribable horror of the munshi, proceeded to ask if it were not true that her husband was dissatisfied with her because she had borne him no son. Said she: "We are very happy with what we have [two daughters. Shadara, 5, and Sita, 1, with their father in Cairo]. My husband has a son by a former marriage who is now on the throne of Indore." The circle of red powder on her forehead was not a caste mark, the Maharani explained, "but an auspicious sign which one may or may not wear without violating...