In fact, that is the central theme of my life story—loss. But isn’t it the same with all life stories? Loss is essential. Loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life.” She nodded, not quite convinced. “Mind you, I’m not complaining. Thanks to some inexplicable universal guiding force, it is always the worthless things we lose—slough off, like a moulting snake. Losing, and losing again, is the very basis of the life process, till all we are left with is the bare essence of human existence.”
