A Place Within
“Places and people that would make a much longer narrative, but I turn away from them reluctantly and move on in this madness that has become the endless quest for a place.
1. The Mohammedan Your next driver is a Mohammedan, I am told by the long-legged youth bringing me back from Champaner. I did not know the term was in use any longer anywhere in the world, it sounds medieval, but in Gujarat, much to my surprise, it is current. The Mohammedan driver turns out to be one Sharif Bhai, a middle-...aged man (a surprising contrast to the near-teenagers I have had before) who lost his home during the violence and lives in the Tandelja area of Baroda with his brother-in-law. His house was gutted and even his safes were mutilated, he complains forcefully. It’s the latter offence that irks him more. He seems rather dense at times but knows his way around the state because he used to drive a “luxury” (a tour bus) for ten years, and he takes Raj Kumar and me to a few more places of interest in Kathiawar.MoreLess
1. The Mohammedan Your next driver is a Mohammedan, I am told by the long-legged youth bringing me back from Champaner. I did not know the term was in use any longer anywhere in the world, it sounds medieval, but in Gujarat, much to my surprise, it is current. The Mohammedan driver turns out to be one Sharif Bhai, a middle-...aged man (a surprising contrast to the near-teenagers I have had before) who lost his home during the violence and lives in the Tandelja area of Baroda with his brother-in-law. His house was gutted and even his safes were mutilated, he complains forcefully. It’s the latter offence that irks him more. He seems rather dense at times but knows his way around the state because he used to drive a “luxury” (a tour bus) for ten years, and he takes Raj Kumar and me to a few more places of interest in Kathiawar.MoreLess
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