“The Mystic MasseurMANY YEARS AFTER the event, Ganesh wrote in The Years of Guilt: ‘Everything happens for the best. If, for instance, my first volume had been a success, it is likely that I would have become a mere theologian, writing endless glosses on the Hindu scriptures. As it was, I found my true path.’In fact, when the war began, his path was none too clear.‘Is a hell of a thing,’ he told Beharry. ‘I feel I make for something big, yet I can’t see what it is.’‘Is just why you going to do s...omething big. I still believe in you, and Suruj Mooma still believes in you.’They followed the war news with interest and discussed it every Sunday. Beharry got hold of a war map of Europe and stuck red pins on it. He talked a lot about strategy and ta’tics, and this gave Ganesh the idea of publishing monthly surveys of the progress of the war, ‘as a sort of history book for later on’. The idea excited him for a little, then lingered and died at the back of his mind.‘I wish Hitler would come over and start bombing up Trinidad,’ he exclaimed one Sunday.Beharry nibbled, eager for argument.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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