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Love Rules the World.

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Many of our students are extremely good at writing love stories. They have inspired me to try my hand at writing one. I'd be happy if my first attempt at writing a love story wins your appreciation as well. An Aching Love Story: “Sir, what’d you have done if you’re Anupam? Would you have done the same just by staying near her, happy in the knowledge that you’ve found ‘room in her heart?” Dolma Tamang asked me, standing from her chair near the window. We had just finished Tagore’s very popular story “Woman Unknown” and the question was a natural response. I looked over Dolma’s shoulder out the glass window. Spring was in the air. The lone cypress tree in the middle of the garden outside was swaying in the gentle breeze. Even the building opposite housing the Staff Room with the curtained CC Room above looked eager to hear the answer. “I’m not very sure what I’d have done in his place. Possibly I’d done the same. By staying in her close proximity, by making myself useful to her,...