Enthralling Trails

  “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”― Lois Lowry After two years of the pandemic, the festivities in India began with greater fervour, almost as if people were making up for a lost time. It has been nothing different in Pune. The festival of Navratri is very special for an Indian. Every community has a different way of celebrating these nine days in the invocation of Goddess Durga but the most liked one is the Garba Dance. This is an Indian dance form that originated in Gujarat. Alagumuthu was past her seventies and had recently moved into the Vrindavan society. Though the name Alagumuthu meant precious gem, she was ordinary and had never found anything special about her. She was a tall strapping lady who sported saris with sports shoes. She would saunter at least thrice a day on the lookout for a smiling face to ease her loneliness. She lived alone but had many of the elderly ladies as her friends in the bui