“You could say we were close… not too close, but whatever,” said his friend Ananth flippantly. Chandran was always the odd one out, “a strange fellow” with an impulsive and violent streak. “I don’t want to meet more people over whose eyes he has pulled wool,” said Rashi, his sister-in-law. “I guess if friends are avoiding him, there must be a reason. He’s always got it at the back of his mind that he won’t be honest with you,” said a woman who had been a long-time friend-cum-flame. “He’s a smooth-talking con artist,” said his sister.
