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I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa. I live in Shanghai.

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Carnatic music: cleanup, articles for N Ravikiran and chitravina, also known as gotuvadyam

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I present this WikiMedal for Janitorial Services to you for minor edits like fixing links, spellings, grammar and much more. utcursch 11:33, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)