The Hope of Shridula by Kay Marshall Strom

Author:Kay Marshall Strom
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781426753886
Publisher: Abingdon press
Published: 2012-01-20T22:00:00+00:00

"Your Shridula," the woman with a scar over her eye called out as she passed by Ashish's hut. "She is coming down the road."

"Shridula is on her way," Dinkar announced.

"She is almost here!" Jyoti called out.

Ashish hurried out to the path to meet his daughter. Zia waited for them, stirring up spiced rice, and laughing out loud as she stirred.

Brahmin Rama didn't count how many days he walked, how many lean-to shelters he threw together, how many chapati cakes he fried in his skillet, how much rice he cooked over outdoor fires. But one night, after he started yet another fire for yet another evening meal, a traveling holy man sat down close to him and called out a greeting. Brahmin Rama nodded in reply.

"Where are you going?" the holy man asked.

"To Benares," Rama said. "To the Golden Temple beside the holy Ganges. I am on a pilgrimage."

"To walk all that way and back again will take you most of a year," the holy man said.

Brahmin Rama stared in disbelief. Could it truly be so far? Rama passed half of his evening's rice to the holy man, then he moved over closer. The two talked long into the night. The next morning, Brahmin Rama wrapped his belongings up in the white chaddar and turned his steps toward Cochin.

"You will suffer enough once you arrive in Benares," the holy man called after him. "It will not add to your sins to arrive in a railroad car."

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