Vanaja was running late. Breakfast was done. Lunch was packed. But Tiger still needed his morning walk before she could drive to school. Venkat was glued to an early morning office call, so help was out of the question. “Tiger… come. Let’s go down.” Tiger, her jet-black Labrador, sprang up from his favourite spot near the swing — the perfect vantage point to watch...
The phone rang. “I’m calling from The Hindu office. Is this Geetha’s house?” My heart raced with excitement. “Yes, this is Uthra, Geetha’s mother,” I replied. “We would like to interview Geetha today at 10 AM…” I was overjoyed. The Plus Two results were out, and Geetha had achieved remarkable success—she was the second-highest scorer in the entire state of Tamil Nadu...