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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bodhidharma”_-from_myth_to_reality|2087" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="211" ns="0" title="The Happy Reunion" />
      <page pageid="212" ns="0" title="Property of impropriety" />
      <page pageid="213" ns="0" title="Of affection and defection" />
      <page pageid="214" ns="0" title="&#039;The Emperor&#039; and &#039;my father&#039;" />
      <page pageid="215" ns="0" title="Recall Rama" />
      <page pageid="216" ns="0" title="Not a mother…but a witch" />
      <page pageid="217" ns="0" title="Let me be the deputy of your sandals…" />
      <page pageid="223" ns="0" title="A serious omission" />
      <page pageid="422" ns="0" title="Bharata" />
      <page pageid="2086" ns="0" title="PLENARY SESSION LECTURE" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>