Sthitaprajna Nath Sharma

Life is too restless for Ana amidst her parents’ divorce proceedings and parental claim. All she wants is silence, peace, and endless happiness. Going to school and attending extracurriculars never gave her that fulfilment, neither as a child nor as a student. This might be due to her parents’ negligence, who never sat by her and asked her to say anything and everything. That doesn’t mean she is not happy at all. Her eyes used to glow and her cheeks shine when she looks back on the third row, right-most corner; yes, it’s Dhriti, her best friend. Dhriti, being a special child, could not speak. The purplish patches and blisters on her skin made her different from other students of her class, whom they fear and hate too. Kaposi Sarcoma had made Dhriti’s life a burden and an unending sorrow for her single father, Mr Roy. Though it is rare for a schoolgirl to get this cancer, doctors diagnosed it as congenital. Mr Roy always missed the presence of her beloved wife, Dr Indu, who met with an accident during her post-doctoral research project; Dhriti was just two then. Along with his job as a senior data scientist, Mr Roy has always been a good father and left no stone unturned to cure Dhriti…read more on NOPR