Author's Note
For years, I wasn't sure whether this story should ever be written.
Some of the places, emotions, conversations, and situations in this book are inspired by things I have witnessed, heard, remembered, or struggled to understand. Over time, memories mixed with imagination, facts mixed with fiction, and questions mixed with possibilities.
Because of that, I won't tell you which parts are real and which parts are not.
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Maybe the truth lies somewhere in between.
What matters is that every emotion in these pages is honest.
As you read, I invite you to decide for yourself what is fiction, what is reality, and what might be someone's secret that was never meant to be told.
— Mrigendra Bharti
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