Hiatus
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I haven’t been posting or answering comments for a bit now. The reason is, there has been a sad event in my family, the death of a young cousin, in an accident. Death is hard to accept in any case, but this was a completely unexpected and shocking event. While we have life, we feel as though we own it; we think that it belongs to us. But, at moments like this, there is a true realising of what people mean when they say that life is fragile. Life is fragile. It is, one moment, and then the next, without any warning, it isn’t. It doesn’t belong to anybody, it is nobody’s handmaid. And nothing, nothing, nothing that any of us can do or say, can change it one tiny bit. That is very hard, and very bitter to accept. My aunt and uncle, whose loss it is, are coming to grips with this reality in the bravest manner; but, they are only human, and any amount of realisation cannot keep grief away.
At the moment, I feel disinclined to engage with anyone but my closest family and friends. I am not sure therefore when I will return to blogging. I may come back next week, or I may not. Even if I do, I may or may not open comments. Ideally, I’d like a nice, deep well to sit in, like Toru in the Wind-up Bird Chronicles. What a coincidence that Kripa talked about it in the comments section of one of the posts just a bit ago.
Anyways, I’m going to finish what is now becoming a highly personal post. I have only one request - whether you are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, whatever - could you say a prayer for the soul of this young boy, and even if you don’t believe in a soul, could you please remember him in a quiet moment? Thank you.
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