30 THE DEATH [And when the end of the Kali Yuga comes, men will cast away and neglect their friends and relatives and attendants. And when the end of the Yuga comes, men abandoning the countries and directions and towns and cities of their occupation will seek for new ones, one after another. And people will wander over the earth, uttering frightful and rending cries.] “Stay away from her.” I hear my father’s shout before I reach near Surekha. His words make my legs stone. What the fuck he is saying? my father – how can he say this? I