You’re Not Lost. You’re Frozen.

1987, TIRUTANI TEMPLE — TAMILNADU Arogara, Arogara — the chant echoed everywhere. Yellow dresses. Bells ringing. The sound felt divine. Seven of us — my sister, cousins, and I — held hands like a train. Packed so tight that if you dropped a coin, you d have to search for where it landed. My father led [ ]