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Contents Postcard from Kashmir 1 I A Lost Memory of Delhi 5 A Dream of Glass Bangles 7 Snowmen 8 Cracked Portraits 9 Story of a Silence 11 Prayer Rug 13 The Dacca Gauzes 15 The Season of the Plains 17 II A Monsoon Note on Old Age 21 A Butcher 22 The Fate of the Astrologer Sitting on the Pavement Outside the Delhi Railway Station 14 After Seeing Kozintsev's King Lear in Delhi 25 Chandni Chowk, Delhi 26 Cremation 27 In Memory of Begum Akhtar 28 Homage to Faiz Ahmed Faiz 30 III A Wrong Turn 37 Vacating an Apartment 38 The Previous Occupant 40 Leaving Your City 42 Philadelphia, 2:00 A.M. 44 The Jogger on Riverside Drive, 5:00 A.M. 45 Flight from Houston in January 46 Stationery 48 IV Survivor 51 I Dream It Is Afternoon When I Return to Delhi 52 A Call 54 The Tiger at 4:00 A.M. 55 In the Mountains 56 Houses 57 ...

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