Rahul Vai, I just read your stories , and I am totally blown away by the raw authencity of your life!! It's a grippingly heartbreaking slice of your history. Thank you for sharing, and I salute your courage. Truth be told, having known what I know about you through these two stories, I now feel pretty stupid for having teased you earlier on Sajha about your 'fixation'with those SLC marks :-( Oh well :-) All the best in times ahead, and keep on writing and sharing these and other stories . . . oohi ashu