: ‘Sanskar’: Indira Goswami’s searing short story features in a new book on her work #IndiaNEWS It was a full moon night in the month of Aahar. Pitambar Mahajan put on his eri silk kurta and a

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‘Sanskar’: Indira Goswami’s searing short story features in a new book on her work #IndiaNEWS
It was a full moon night in the month of Aahar. Pitambar Mahajan put on his eri silk kurta and a Shantipuri dhoti. He completed the look with a shawl warped in eighty threads. For the first time in years, he carried the wood-framed mirror out in the open and inspected his face. He had shaved earlier in the morning. In the clear light of the day, he now saw his face completely taken over by fine lines. Perhaps it was the sunlight that had made those fine lines so distinctly visible, he thought. He was kind of satisfied with his reflection in the mirror. As if those fine lines were a net and his face, a fish, one trapped in a fishing net.After some time, he made for Damayanti’s place. Her house was close to the bridge on the Singra river, past a forest of teak trees. Just about four families from the Sattra reside here. It was because she lived in such a secluded area that Damayanti could carry on with the kind of life that she was leading, Pitambar Mahajan reflected.The eastern sky was thronged by clouds that were the colour of mushrooms. Each one looked like a cannon. And...Read more

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