Tome And Plume: Mystery Respires Into Lap Of Three Railway Stations In Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): “In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”

Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

On a foggy wintry night, if someone walks along a lonely forested path, just a rustling sound might frighten him. Against this backdrop, if he hears the cries of a woman, a child or even the noise of hungry vulture chicks, a fear might swirl in his body, making him feel as if he had left the world of the living.

Many of us with a rural background know the cries of a vulture chick are like the cries of a newborn baby. So, they horrify a man walking along a lonely path at night. Ghosts may or may not exist, but fear does.

A logical mind rejects the existence of such a paranormal thing because they think had there been ghosts, the human activities