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ON ELEPHANT’S SHOULDERS, by Sudha Rao (The Cuba Press, $25)

udha Rao emigrated from South India to NZ and her opening poem in this varied collection, “Warp and Weft”, speaks of her transformation as she adjusts to a new culture. Much of her adjustment relates to memory – the India of peacocks,

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