About the Book: Bells Are Ringing in Haridwar
Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu was published in 1972 to great acclaim, for it
spoke to the alienated youth of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet the
criticism against it was even greater, as the collection seemed to glorify the
use of drugs and a way of life that was considered immoral then.
With Ramesh and Suja, we travel to ancient Haridwar where the Ganga came to
earth, where the marks made by Bhageerathaschariot wheels can still be seen and
Bhimassweat can still be tasted in the water of the pond he dug—and where Ramesh
finds