We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.

Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read

How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.

Being the first born gives you great patience.

If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.

He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him.

No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.