Manik Bandyopadhyay

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Neela was still staring. The shadow on the wall in front of her now gleamed into clearer focus. Its shape could be made out but also the fact that it had got a little distorted. The focus seemed finally right – but whether that was Neela’s vision or the shadow’s own, it was difficult to say. When a ghost was literally taking shape in front of you in the dead of the night, who could think of all that?