She was not feeling well . It was not a new occurance. Lately she rarely felt well enough to manage her life. Her friends and family had blissfully forgotten her with the statement .. ah Disha , she is a super woman. The occasional calls from friends were to share their travails. The regular morning pings from groups shared morning greetings. Whenever she tried to reach out to anyone, they listened half hearted. Disha never had problems that could not be handled by her.

Last week her estranged husband also called her for some topics he needed assistance on. Disha's mother was happy that despite whatever had happened between them, Disha still had good advise. Then her mother became busy with her own physical training classes. She called her friend later to say .. Disha may reconcile with Rakshit.

Today her best friend needed a coffee and would not listen to a no. Yesterday her aunt wanted her assistance to speak to her uncle who was not speaking. The only people who understood her were her sons. One were in Japan completing a technical paper in Chemistry. The other was in Africa for a conference of United Nations on a special grant. None of them stayed in India anymore. They did call and care but Disha knew while their care was real, their time and ambition took them to other lands.

She...