A Gathering of Friends: My Favourite Stories
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Readers often ask me if a particular story is true or not, and sometimes the answer surprises them. ‘Love Is a Sad Song’ is a true story, and happened very much in the way I have described. But of course Sushila wasn’t her real name; and the real Sushila is now a grandmother. In Delhi, you grow old. In Deoli you are trapped in a time warp and stay young forever.
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‘Oh, no,’ he said. ‘You will always be young. If you have Sushila, you will always be young.’
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‘It isn’t time that’s passing by, my friend. It is you and I.’
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I may stop loving you, Sushila, but I will never stop loving the days I loved you.