Time heals, they say. Only, it doesn’t.

When I heard about it, I couldn’t believe it. One of my best friends, Ravi, was no more. He had succumbed to the Covid-19. We had met and stayed together only a week ago. First came the shock and then came tears. Within a few minutes, as I tried to explain it to my parents, I was crying out loudly. I couldn’t control myself, I couldn’t believe what had happened. I have never cried this much in my life and I always thought I could suppress any kind of pain in my heart without displaying it openly...