Flash Fiction: Sightseeing
© Viduthalai Mani Dharmaraj
Image by Viduthalai Mani Dharmaraj
Written by Emma Elizabeth Mathes
Photo Edited by Yanting Chen
You never know what you’ll see when you’re traveling. I had gotten used to walking amongst cattle and street vendors, and stray dogs. I always tried to find the water. In Varanasi, India, the water is sacred.
There were young boys playing in the sand, older men playing a game on the rocks, and still, there were cattle. I watched a man fling his body into the river as an Ox watched on, like it was his parental guardian.
You never know what you’ll see when you’re traveling. And that’s why I bring my camera everywhere. To remember what the brain may forget.
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