A SURVIVOR'S STORY
It could have been me. It could have been you. It could have been anyone. But it wasn’t. It was her. A woman with one dead child, a teenage daughter, two young sons and a baby in her arms when her world literally came crashing down. Till then, she had lived her life like a queen. After all, being the wife of a police inspector wasn’t bad at all. That’s what everyone thought, mindless of all the challenges it entailed. They felt she had it all, especially her husband's three younger brothers, whom she had cared for like her own sons; getting them married, getting them jobs, getting them settled, only to be later cursed by the lot. Nothing new or unusual about that, one would say. Then why even tell this story? Well, for starters, it's a story about quiet resilience that we see around us, but never really stop to pay attention. It's a story about a woman who not only fought and prevailed, but did it all with immense dignity and pride and a smile that never left her face