Tag: Kar Sevak

The talk is of madness. The powerful hold it can take on one, and how the fear caused by the idea of madness can in itself be maddening. Mohammad Amir, physically nondescript, with a triple Masters in History, Political Science, and English, and an itinerant pilgrim, should know what he is talking about: Long ago, 25 years to be precise, he had a dalliance with insanity. We are sitting, deep into the night, in the well-carpeted office of one of Amir’s well-wishers in Malegaon. Among those ringed around him are a...