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What I've learnt about Love, Loss & Everything in Between

Mrs Usha was my High school Hindi teacher. She is one of the most sombre people I have ever known in my whole life.  To all the students in the school Mrs Usha was kind of a dark horse. We didn't know much about her personal life, the few details things that we had grown accustomed to were that she was never late to the school, she never missed a single class, and come rain or shine she always wore a red woolen sweater. I was born a sentimental idiot but it took me sometime to realize it. Among the 36 students in class X-a I was one of the two students who tried to figure out the origins and evolution of the enigma that was Mrs. Usha ,Vijayraj was the other.  Mrs. Usha once snapped at me when I tried asking her if she was married and if she had any kids. It was weird reaction. I was obviously startled but I decided to give up my pursuit to try and decipher her. Then our mid term exams came by. A list of possible essay topics were annouced a week before the tests began-