It has almost been a week and Achala couldn't decide the way forward. She has not stepped out of the house, her reservoir of tears kept getting replenished and nowhere near to get dried up. Girish tried to cheer her up with movies, his humor, his closeness, but she wasn't ready for the transition from demotivated space to feel motivated. It felt like a lot of work to feel good when nothing good was happening. And Ritvik called. "Where are you? been a month and we have not spoken." Before she could utter anything, he said, "Let's meet at our Tapari spot in the evening. You know that I don't like adarak wali chai without you." Ritvik laughed and she couldn't stop her smile. She had always liked his company. He was such a sober, genuine, family guy, so much sorted, uncomplicated. Achala took shower. She had to wash her hair but didn't feel like it. "Are you okay?" Ritvik asked her. She said, "Yeah, what will happen to me?" &q
Every experience brings out a new in you. Which new you want to be is your choice.