Sitting in the train one day on my way back from college, I was joined by a bearded, elderly man who had with him one of those big, man-sized umbrellas which can so conveniently be also used as walking sticks. After making himself comfortable on the seat beside me, he began to recite a series of slokas under his breath.
Now this is very unusual behaviour, for slokas are usually recited in front of a holy idol only. Why should a person recite slokas in a train? I asked him whether he was a B
