In the darkness of the silent night the whistling, puffing and iron couplings of engines were heard. There was a railroad bridge near the railway station on the Sutlez river and a small colony for vendors, shopkeepers and hawkers were in sight to cater victuals in short time to the passengers of unimportant trains. There were several flat-roofed mud huts with a dusty path, and a pond of water at the end of the village was surrounded by keekar trees. The Hindu shrine, the Sikh Gurudwara, and the mosque were situated in a triangular space with a peepal tree nearby. There were some Christian and untouchable families too. There were Muslim and Sikh families in equal numbers. Mano Mazra was a village in which families of many castes lived.
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