City of Ghosts (2010)
“DR SATYAPAL URGED the young men to remain calm. It was far too early for such nonsense. He hadn’t even taken tea yet, and here were these men – honest, good men, but confused and desperate too. He hoped to calm them quickly and send them on their way so that he could go back inside and begin his breakfast. But their anger was great and their patience worn thin. There were seven of them, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs, standing in the courtyard of the doctor’s home, demanding action.
‘It is not enoug...h that the Mahatma calls for strikes,’ shouted one of them, a young Muslim with an unusually long and thin nose.
‘We can’t feed our families!’ cried a Sikh. ‘What will my children eat – dust?’ Dr Satyapal raised a hand and quietened the men. Birds sang in the early morning sunshine and insects buzzed incessantly. It felt as though the day would be hot and long.
‘There will be action,’ the doctor reassured them. ‘There are delegations being sent to the British. Gandhi is this very day arriving in the Punjab.MoreLess
‘It is not enoug...h that the Mahatma calls for strikes,’ shouted one of them, a young Muslim with an unusually long and thin nose.
‘We can’t feed our families!’ cried a Sikh. ‘What will my children eat – dust?’ Dr Satyapal raised a hand and quietened the men. Birds sang in the early morning sunshine and insects buzzed incessantly. It felt as though the day would be hot and long.
‘There will be action,’ the doctor reassured them. ‘There are delegations being sent to the British. Gandhi is this very day arriving in the Punjab.MoreLess
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