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   Links:  Hallucinations    Mystery Girl      Sea Queen      Comedy of Ghosts   Inconstant Love                 Close  Shave         Suspicion    Rise of Slum Boy   The Lame Panther   Legend of Snakes                         Farmland   Witness Of Ghosts   Love At First Sight   Childhood Darling               Privacy Policy     About Me Close Shave   One of my friend’s marriage was to be solemnized in Kolkata; I was also invited to the marriage party, accompanying him from Tura. Tura is a beautiful and the largest hilly town in the  Garo Hills of Meghalaya. There were about 60 people, mainly his relatives and, we four close friends, Jeet, Mallik, Alfred, and myself , Deep. We went to Goalpara by road, crossed the Brahmputra river by ferry, and boarded the train to Kolkata from Panchratan Ghat Railway Station on the other bank. We reached Kolkata the following morning. Our accommodation was booked in a hotel near the bride’s house. The marriage ceremony was in the evening, so mo