The Locust Swarm of 1993

A fictional account of the Locust swarm that hit Mandsaur in 1993 based on my experiences and memories of those days.

I fell in love with the district of Mandsaur during my posting in Indore. It was the largest district and the furthest from my headquarters in Indore.

It had a wildness to it, an exotic feel for someone like me a total urban boy from Mumbai.

In winters the mist would hug the ground till early afternoon, there would be miles and miles of lush fields all around.

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