Lonely Planet Magazine India

Festive Spirit

Back in 2016, the night before Holi, two friends and I were trying to book tickets to Karnataka, but all the trains were running full. A tout claimed he could get us tickets, but at a higher price. We didn’t believe him but decided to follow him to the reservation office anyway. I volunteered to babysit our luggage while my friends headed off with the tout to see if he could make good on his claim. As I waited, an old man approached me and asked if I wanted to

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