Daddy, do you love me?
Yes beta. Of course I love you.
No, you don’t.
Why do you say so?
Because while you say that, you don’t even look over your papers!!!
Kittu, you are so kind, at least you let me know the reason for your rejection. Your mother didn’t.
Till the last day, I told her that I loved her. I told her those three words over phone, in greeting cards, from behind newspapers, from across walls, from the balcony, and hell, even from the ropeway at Hrishikesh. But never did I tell her that while looking her in her eyes or holding her hands… And what of the lesson learnt too late?