THE CRYING LOTUS SERIES........


She was born in New Delhi in December 1943, the youngest of a brood of six- the eldest a boy, next a girl then three boys and then my mom. Her father, a brilliant scientist at the Pusa Research Institute, New Delhi passed away when she was 4. She was carted away with the rest to Pakistan (Kamalia) where her mother belonged but partition days had wiped out all traces of the poor lady's family and ancestral home. So they all returned to New Delhi. As she grew older she suffered from PTSD and by the age of 16 started displaying signs of schizophrenia with the auditory and visual hallucinations setting in. Still she managed to learn languages and music and graduated with BA(music hons.) at IP college for women, Delhi. All this without the help of meditation. She got married to my father in May 1968 at the age of 24. I was born to this mismatched couple on August 22nd 1969.