Desire of the Moth by Champa Bilwakesh

Author:Champa Bilwakesh [Bilwakesh, Champa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC014000 Fiction / Historical, FIC051000 Fiction / Cultural Heritage
Publisher: UpSet Press

Sowmya found a man named Farid at Amarjothi Tailors, at the corner of East Mada Street, who agreed to make the tricolor flag for her. She found him some silky and slippery material that would unfurl as required. He kept the project inside his house and worked on it at night. She would meet him at his shop after his work was done, and he would take her to his house and show her how he would piece the parts of the spinning wheel together in the center and embroider around it. She was pleased.

On the day of the dance the lawn at the congress office was covered with white sheets. The program started in the late afternoon with a welcoming ceremony and several speeches. So the stage was set up and ready when Sowmya arrived with the musicians. The lawn was now dotted with people who had gathered among the long shadows. Satya introduced Sowmya.

Sowmya began the program in the traditional way, with an invocation to Ganapathi. Nervous about how it would be received, she had planned the new item for the final piece just before a short and sharp concluding hymn.

When the time came for the dance the stage lights dimmed. Somu played a dirge like beat on the mridangam. The flute came on, and then Kitappa and Neelam’s voice rose in unison.

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