Tuesday, 19th October 2008
Outskirts of Agra, Andra PradeshThe bus they had caught from the coach station in Delhi had taken them to Agra. The journey had been as unpleasant as it had been difficult. They both tried to blend in with the mass of Hindu peasants surrounding them without drawing too much attention to Luke’s injury.
The old Tata coach travelling south occasionally stopped at the roadside to increase the discomfort by taking on board more passengers into their already cramped confines. Before departing from Delhi, the driver had stood beside the coach, slinging the worldly possessions of his fare-payers on to the roof. By the second stop, the roof was the only space for new passengers and Kirin watched them embarking through the window. They climbed up a ladder at the back bef
