Beyond the Heavy Curtains
Ever taken a road from the middle of the crowded market to the lonely riverside? From the market on the eastern part of the Teachers’ Colony, if you take the dusty road towards the ferry ghat, you’ll see a house with a large window that sees towards the fields and the river. If you go any time during the day, be prepared. You might be called by a little boy who would ask you the time or questions that come to the minds of the children only. You know how they can think of weird things. But from the evening, you’ll see a heavy curtain covering the window and concealing the house from the views of travellers who pass the road. As if the house tries to cover the secrets it gathers from the roads and the people who travel it throughout the day, and store them in its right chambers. Joshua does not like even a little the heavy curtain that remains draped on the window of his room from evening to morning. It’s so thick that Joshua can’t even see even a single star or the moon when