The lawman and the rule of reason

This short story by Akhtar Mohiuddin was translated from the original Kashmiri by Azhar Wani. Summer receded, and autumn set in. The moisture in the air abated, and the numbers of ticks and fleas dwindled. People would no sooner try than fall into a rapturous swoon. It was on one of these days that Abdul Raheem Thāndār arrived from Sundarban for a four-or-five-day stay without permission from his officers (or, as they say, on French Leave). And it was on one of these nights that his swe

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