“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” –Omar Khayyam "Answer me Sandip, Where is uncle?" Mallika could not stop herself from venting her grief on Sandip. "Where is he? I should not have left him and gone..." Sandip looked helplessly at Sahana and tried to explain to Mallika..."Ma, I tried my best to keep him away from them” But Mallika was not listening to him, she slumped down, on the floor weeping, sobbing and wailing with sorrow. Sandip knelt down and clutched her hands "I am so sorry Ma...” Tears streamed down his face. Sahana came forward and held her mother as all of them huddled together in misery. Then Sandip and Sahana felt Mallika going limp in their arms and realized that she had fainted... "She has not eaten anything since yesterday. She refuses to eat." Sahan