A nice piece ! Flowing and interspersed with moving lines. Here are some lines that particularly moved me or could have moved more. Distance creates a very subtle rift. Over time those rifts become irreparable gorges. Indeed touching and also a very appropriate prelude for what was to follow. However I found the immediately following line simple yet extremely mature and original too. ..but sometimes I feel so estranged from my family living away I wonder if we'll ever be able enjoy those festive seasons again. I don't know if everybody would agree with me but I think the fundamental joy of celebrating festivals is their regular periodicity than anything else. If that is broken or if we are to know it is not going to be periodic anymore, then the original joy is gone for ever. We may still enjoy doing it once in a while but it will be not the festival but something else that we enjoy. ******* I took everything for granted then. I am not sure if it is really fitting. You are talking about a festival that comes once a year and a kid whom a year is a very long time. ****** our conversation ended abruptly somewhere along the way if we were to face each other in public. I would often see her pass by the same table tennis board that she used to devour so much in early childhood while she returned from school. How unusual was it for her only to glance at me and give me a wry smile and walk towards home. But that was the culture we grew up in our society. Deep inside, I wouldn?t want to see her while I was around the neighborhood. I first thought some other girl got mixed up here. Anyway, this part is too weakly done to do justice to a somber story. ******* I always believed time was a great leveler for everyone. I could relate to that. In addition, I used to fantasize that one day I will be a rich or a powerful man and take revenge ! ******* but her email was so touchy that my eyes couldn't skip few parched sprinkles A weak substitution for what could have been the most touching line. I mean, you could have quoted her exact words, just a sentence or even a phrase would suffice. From a creative writing's point of view, you ruined it by describing them instead of quoting her powerful words. ******** "Makurrrii! I was ecstatic to hear her voice. "Oh oyss! Kaha baata aja? Laa! Ma ta kaam ma chu. She sounded nervous. I can?t talk right now". She hung up the phone. Suddenly, a cold chill ran over my body and Laloo's words echoed from the past : "ahile yesto milchau. Pachi bolne fursad ni hudaina!"I wish I could laugh at him again. Great ending. Overall, a great series of memory lane. Keep them coming.