Burnt Out at an old age
Lalita is now in her early 70s. She is the only sister of her two brothers who are quite junior, more than 10-15 years. And hence, as an elder sister, she groomed both brothers. And as she got married after passing matriculation in her early 20s, she had to carry out all house-hold chores and then bore five children, three sons and two daughters. All her brothers and children are now well settled. They have their own family with grown-ups pushing their agenda of progress, whatever that means to them. So much so far her and her family. So, one fine Sunday morning, I get a call. Her calls are rare. Many a time, I will call her. So getting a call after a gap of some months was a pleasant surprise. Latika: Hello, uncle… How are you? Me: I am fine Latika: Oh, I just thought of phoning you to say Hello. Me: Ok, we are fine. We are mostly home-bound, doing well. Hope you too are fine. After some more pleasantries, our conversation followed as below Latika: Do you know of death