A glimpse of another life ...

I couldn't resist linking to Shashikiran's latest post after slipping over there to read him this morning ...

An extract: The sun was now diffused by clouds and level with the distant tip of the straight road which rises steadily from the bund. The construction-workers started for home, and walked without looking tired. My colleagues had brought sweets for them which they took silently, and expressed thanks only with a slight shift of lines on their face. A half-moon shone above, and looked vain, his light working only for himself.