Yatrik: The Traveller

by Arnab Ray

You could see it in their eyes—triumph, sympathy, and if I wasn’t being paranoid, a bit of what the Germans call schadenfreude. Happiness at the misery of others.

I was seventeen, the age at which you believe that problems…have solutions.’

‘A real hero is simply someone who cares more for others than he does for himself.

‘When did you meet her for the first time?’ ‘Why is that important?’ ‘Because the first time you meet someone always is.’