Dharma (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Vikram Chandra
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Plot: Ghost story, frame story
- Time of Work: 1971 and 1991
- Setting: East Pakistan, Bombay
- Principal Characters: Subramanian, Major General Jago Antia, Thapa, Amir Khan, Todywalla, Thakker, Sohrab (“Soli”), Burjor Mama
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Twentieth century, Ghosts or apparitions, Asia or Asians, Brothers, War, Accidents, Death or dying, India or East Indian people, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Home, Military life or service, 1990’s, Buddhism, Pakistan or Pakistanis
- Locales: Bombay, India, Pakistan
The Story
Subramanian, a retired officer in the Indian ministry of defense, tells his listeners that he once knew a man who met a ghost and proceeds to relate the whole story.
When Major General Jahangir (“Jago”) Antia turns fifty, he begins to suffer phantom pain in his missing leg. Nothing relieves his suffering, and fearing that the pain and distraction will affect his command and cause the deaths of some of his men, he retires and returns to his boyhood home in Bombay. His parents are long dead, but the home is maintained by the faithful housekeeper, Amir Khan,...
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