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What I wouldn't give for a return to the age of innocence!

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A kettle and its 'children'. [XN Iraki]

A recent visit to an upcountry home was very nostalgic. It was not the rolling hills or winding roads that left me nostalgic.

It's not the "long buildings" that make the primary schools. It was not the fences and domestic animals that took me down memory lane. It's the way tea was served using a metallic kettle with metallic cups on a wooden table.

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