It came back to me suddenly the other day—the harrowing oomph of that mournful drum climbing up the dark hillside.

Mr Joshi, it looks like Sir is going to be tied down a little longer,” the lady at the reception barked out without taking her eyes away from a crossword she was working on.

By 9:11am, Sameer could already tell this would be a very long day. From what he could make out from the loud yells filling up the hallway,