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Love fades. Love does, no matter what we believe. All that’s left are the what-ifs.
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Their marriage was a contractual obligation determined by their mutual usefulness. Had
Who was this man? How could she share roof and bed with him, let her undies tumble with his in the washing machine, split a biryani and do all those countless mundane but intimate things one does with a husband and yet not know him?
Not an unspecified, yet overwhelming disappointment in the other person.
‘A gift should be about what the receiver needs. Not about displaying the giver’s largesse. Don’t you think so, ma’am?’
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Any man can father a child, but to be a father requires commitment, it means giving some bit of yourself every day, without tiring.
The scientist, the writer and the lover have one thing in common: they will be thwarted at every step. That is the reality of their choice.
The scientist knows. The writer imagines. The lover tries to read between the lines.