‘Our daughter is bright and strong-willed. She is kind and gentle. She has lived her life in the wild forests of the Himalayas. She has made her choice. Who are we to control her destiny? I did not have visions when she was born, wife. But I did hear an akash vani, a voice speaking from the skies, that told me to let her be free, to let her be whatever she chose to be. And that has been my vow. No matter how much I worry for her, no matter how much I miss her, I will let her go. I will not own her as I do not own these mountains, which are my home. Let her go, Mena. Her fate is something
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