The Windfall

by Diksha Basu

The point of life was not just to keep moving higher and higher. What happened if you made it to Buckingham Palace?

He did not think life needed to be a lengthy experiment in sacrifice.

She didn’t want or need a man, but she did want to live well, even on her own. Especially on her own.

Ganga had the luxury of not feeling shame or shyness. It was a perk of being poor.

Only the rich claim that money can’t buy happiness.

Placing too much value on anything was the simplest way to lose the possible pleasure to be derived from that thing.