The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of
1. the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
2. the things he sees
3. the sounds he hears
1. The author describes the monkey’s fight vividly and graphically. A fight breaks out between two monkeys. One chases the other, who jumps onto a shivalinga, then runs screaming around the temples and down to the river.
2. The author observes a princess of the Nepalese royal house. Everyone bows to her. He sees monkeys. He sees felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery. He looks at flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, etc.
3. He hears film songs from the radios, car horns, bicycle bells, stray cows low and vendors shout out their wares. He also listens to the various flutes played by the flute seller.