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> Title : River of eternal rest
> Author : TIM McGIRK
> Publication : Time
> Date : March 24, 1997
>
I do not find this article in the TIME magazine dated March 24, 1997.
Is this an extract from THE Time mag? Or is it taken from a book published
by Time?
Thank you for your reply.
> Hindus believe that if their ashes are sprinkled in the Ganges
> River, they are freed forever from the cycle of death and rebirth.
> This may be popular wisdom in India, but not in Seattle's cowboy
> bars, where a gay Vietnam War veteran named Johnny Bowman used to
> hang out. Several years back, when Bowman realized he had AIDS, he
> stunned his drinking buddies by asking them to sell off his
> possessions after he died-he didn't own much-and use the money to
> pay for a trip to India. There, his ashes were to be immersed in
> the Ganges. Bowman was also a diehard country music fan and, as a
[..]
-Kartik
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