18th/19th June# my tryst with love & grief
18 th /19 th June# my tryst with love & grief *P.S. It’s not a sad blog In my family, we remember 18 th June as day of “Death of a saint.”As on this day in heaven, Baikunth doors were open. As per Hinduism, in the year 2015 this day was the most auspicious day for any soul to leave the mortal coil to be with the Almighty as God himself was welcoming such noble, pious souls. These thoughts help a little bit in coming terms with the loss of my mother # Momsie. My Maa, lived life on her own terms and left this world as per her own will. Rewinding back by twenty three years, I alighted from Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani express on this day (18th June). This one forward step on the New Delhi railway station changed my life forever. On 19 th June, I met the love of my life and my status changed from single to engaged. Fast forward sixteen years, grief engulfed me as we lit my mother’s pyre. A part of me went with her in the pyre. Every year these two days bring a tsunami of mixed e