It was shortly after 1947. A rust colored train chugged out of the Sholapur railway station towards Bombay. Pulled by a steam engine draped in soot it sped slowly through the changing landscape. The arid brown landscape after Raichur had transformed into a hilly verdant one. A fortyish man sat in the first class compartment [...]
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On a chilly dark November day in Chandani Chowk, with storm clouds gathering from the west, a serene looking man was dragged out of an iron cage and shoved on to a platform. Just as he bowed his head in prayer, he was beheaded. A terrible storm broke out as he lay on the ground. [...]
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