Welcome to All Things Indian. Eery Saturday, I unpack the complexities of contemporary India. Each post is a short piece of fiction based on real people I have seen, heard of and met during my reporting.

Phone ding
Every time she heard the phone ding Harpreet’s heart skipped a beat. It had been a year and a half. Life had moved on, hadn’t it? Yes, it had. It definitely had. 

Daljit -  Harpreeeeet. 

Shaking herself from her reverie, Harpreet got up from the lawn chair and slowly walked into the house. Daljit was packing his suitcase again. 

Harpreet - Where to… now?

Harpreet knew very well he would not answer that question truthfully. But she asked him anyway. As always, Daljit made up a story.