As she showed me how to write a version of the Bismillah - the declaration "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful" - she revealed something astonishing.

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Why in God's name when we're -- and, by the way, we announced a new windmill farm off the state of Delaware.

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Steam Packet Company bosses picked the name to reflect its Manx heritage - in manx mythology Manannan is god of the sea and protector of the Isle of Man.

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The 37-year-old is already a household name in India and, thanks to the book, The God of Small Things, she is now well on the way to becoming the talk of the chattering classes in the West.

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