Author: Geetanjali Shree
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Anyway, long story short, what happened was this: a bullet did come flying towards her, but by then the mother had become an expert at falling backwards. A bullet came, punctured her body, shot through and out the other side. Anyone else would have sprawled facedown in the mud, but Ma flipped backwards like she was doing a somersault.
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Those who consider death to be an ending took this to be hers. But those in the know knew that this was no ending; knew she’d simply crossed yet another border.