The Writes of Woman
[...]he had looked at her in the way people did: with a certain wariness, the kind that comes from encountering up close an animal that might prove unpredictable. His eyes had rested on her when he thought she wouldn't notice, taking the measure of her. She was used to it and often played up to it, acting more erratic than she was. It was both method and disguise, one she had perfected as the eternal outsider, a way to disappear when physical escape was impossible. 
Four women travel to Jarmuli, a fictional town on the coast of India. Three are elderly friends - Gouri, Latika and Vidya - on their first outing together, the fourth is a young woman from Oslo, there to research a documentary.All four women are in the same compartment. When the train reaches one of its stops, the young woman jumps out and buys bread rolls...
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