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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks alcontinue="Bodhidharma”_-from_myth_to_reality|2087" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <alllinks>
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - &#039;The Emperor&#039; and &#039;my father&#039;" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - A serious omission" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Let me be the deputy of your sandals…" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Not a mother…but a witch" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Of affection and defection" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Part 1" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Property of impropriety" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - Recall Rama" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bharata - The Happy Reunion" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bodhidharma” -from myth to Reality" />
    </alllinks>
  </query>
</api>