A Memory Beginning with ‘R‪’‬

A Memory Beginning with ‘R’


Ashish was like any other guy next door, loved cricket, and shook a leg or two at a suitable beat. Things began to change when he entered into a relationship – his first relationship, which had defined him – as a person and a partner. Many years later, they had the opportunity to meet again – as time and destiny conspired to place him in the predicament, he wondered who he would find at the other end of the table – a friend he had abandoned in the past or a stranger from a bygone era? 


A Story, Told and Untold


She was a devoted mother, a single mother. Coming from a conservative Indian family, she had fought tooth and nail to keep the child – the remnant from a one sided affair she had with a person she loved. Years later, when destiny would pitch her against her long lost love, would she flee again like she had in the past or would she be ready to share that which rightfully belonged to both of them?


Closure


An angry family, a divisive society and a curious nephew – all were on the periphery of his thoughts when he was flying to New Jersey. But R_ had made up his mind to visit his friend in Texas one last time – against everyone’s better judgement. As that rendezvous came closer, he wondered if he was suitably prepared for that one last conversation.