December 5. “Button, the time this family shares on holidays and weekends talking, chatting, discussing various issues, cracking jokes, are so special.”

“Dost is in great form. The way he pulled Kailash’s leg the whole day long was hilarious.”

“It suddenly struck me that were something unpleasant to happen to one of us (touch wood), it would break up the group!”

“That’s true. All of us play a role and, with one of us not being there (touch wood again), it wouldn’t be the same!”

“It’s very similar to a game of chess where the two players move the men around or checkmate. When a man is knocked down, his role ends.”

“Life is also very unpredictable. You can never say what is about to happen the very next moment.”

‘In other words, you are living from moment to moment, playing different roles and moving ahead from one day to the next, one day at a time.”

(Today is also a very sad day for me: My father, whom I have told you about, passed away 28 years back. He was only 63.)