On board Bhavani Island
October 26th 2007 I missed the picture. A blue train filled with pilgrims in red. The train crossed my train before I could even think of a picture. As Preethesh Babu and I sat watching an English news bulletin at his house in Rajahmundry that evening, a neighbour - a pious woman - pointed to the TV and said, ‘Vijayawada’. All we could see were Buddhist monks in their red robes protesting the military regime in
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