This Year's New Resolution
I lost my friend in December 2020. He had died sometime in early April, but except only for his immediate family, none of his friends knew about his demise. It is only in December, being fed-up because of his long silence that a few of us common friends decided to find out his whereabouts. All we received was a gist of the news from a school friend. The tragedy in it is that he died in anonymity and alone. He chose to die away from his family and friends. He chose to look for peace and dignity in death, but at a place away from home. I can only reason that he must have been in unfathomable pain to have taken this decision. He had turned 37 in 2020. He was a good man, a cheerful son, a supportive brother, a loving husband, a doting father himself to his 3-year old son, and a wonderful friend. Everyone loved him for his sweet, easygoing and polite nature. When he became indifferent after his marriage, we friends unanimously admitted that he was trying to settle down in his new respo...