3 Bhola - A Story

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 12:07 a.m.

Very early, on the second last morning of my month in India I crossed the clear, blue-green Ganges. The narrow, usually packed footbridge was quiet. Ahead was a woman, her dark pink sari fluttering in the breeze.  The mountains rise up north of the town, cast their long shadows, keeping the air cool in the late winter morning.

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This story is about a conversation at the edge of the Ganges.