Hill stations are said to host them in large numbers. At every blind turn, behind each hint of a mist, the hill ghosts wait patiently. Delhis weather perhaps is not so conducive to haunted spirits. At any rate they seem to prefer colder heights. But still Delhi has its resident ghosts. Just look over your shoulder.
If you still cant find them and are the sort who haunts ghosts, R V Smiths The Veiled Shadow can give you some clues. Released in February, it tracks down the ghosts of Delhi and beyond—Agra, Saharanpur, Bareily, Lucknow.
Smith, who wrote The Delhi that No-One Knows last year, says The occult has always fascinated me. These stories were taking shape in my mind. They are connected to many places. Not all are fiction. They are based on some incidents.
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