27th May 2003

(continued from previous post dated 23rd Dec '05)
Twenty one days had passed after I had 'met' her. On the morning of 27th May
that year, I received this mail :


lea - R,This is my last mail to you. There are problems in my life which I cannot
sort out by continuing to write to you. hate me if you want to (I know you wont),
call me anything you want, but thats how it has to be. I amnot going to explain
at length as to what went wrong suddenly, i just realised things havent been
right for quite some time, and this is the only way. Please dont sms me or call me.
But i would want just one last mail from you, just to know that its really over. M....
P.S. - I have lost the right to ask for anything, but if ever I write to you in the
future, will you reply ? I hope you will coz you have been a grt grt friend ,more
than i could ever have expected, u gave wings to my imaginations, u were all i
could have asked for in a friend. I am not going to talk abt ur loss...I simply dont
have the right.



Epilogue :
Yes, it was a shock for me but no, I didn't send her the mail which she had asked
for. Instead, the following month when I went to Calcutta, I went straight to her
office and sought a meeting in person. She was pleasantly surprised and both of
us spent few awkward moments trying to fathom the person in front. After all, we
hadn't even exchanged photos but luckily the template of imagination didnt fare too
badly! She made some attempts to explain her situation and confided a desire to
meet me one more time. A cup of tea later I was gone from her life leaving behind
a handwritten note containing things which perhaps had remained unsaid in all
this while and wishing her the best in life............