So where were you? (Part 2)
...I simply kept staring at him. What did he mean? We were neither in the midst of any war…nor under threat of any kind of natural calamities. Then what did he mean? I wanted an explanation, so I asked him. He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders; then slowly; as if he was about to reveal a secret to me; he said ‘you deserve to die’. The world will kill you soon…because you don’t know how to survive. Not expecting this kind of behavior from him, I almost felt like a lost child. My eyes moist, my legs trembling, and my heart beating faster…I ran out of his house. He is my friend, my heart kept repeating… Three years later, one evening I sat in front of the window of my rented one room flat, and reflected through the moments of my life. I have searched a lot for that ‘good post’ that I deserved, but never found it. They offered me some chance but with my dignity I could not accept them. The result was that neither could I marry nor take care of my parents…I noticed two boys walking ...