Thursday, June 19, 2014

When in Haridwar.

Between 'samosas' and 'matthis', between wise temple stories and flash floods, between thirty years of accumulated memory - he told us many things of which most I would forget in time, but when we were just about to leave he told us something that like a good movie line would remain with me-

'A man doesn't need to eat so many animals to live, a man doesn't need to do a lot of things.'

The blades dangled on, distorting our faces with that puff of artificial air and we ordered another round of tea. 


It was twilight in Haridwar and the gods were everywhere.



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