Riots Delhi Saving Man Incident

I was highly suspicious. I didn't know what was happening. Finally, when I got through to Feroze, who was with my father, he said: "Well, apart from everything else we haven't got much to eat and you can't bring the children."

I said: "l shall bring lots of potatoes and everybody can live on potatoes.

He said that the situation was dangerous. I said: "Well, if it is dangerous, that is one more reason why I should be there rather than sitting here on my own." So, I packed up and came down the same evening, bringing as many potatoes as I could — two sacks full I think.

When we arrived in Dehra Dun we heard that there had just been a riot. Then, in Shahdara or somewhere between there and Delhi, the train stopped where it was not supposed to stop. I was..actually washing — because Indian trains are pretty dirty with the coal — as we were about to arrive. I looked out to see why the train had stopped and I found people chasing somebody. I got off and tried to control the situation. I did manage to save one man, but another was too far away and there were too many people chasing him.
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

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