My friend’s nieces had to move to Bombay after having grown up in Bangalore. After making the move into a new school, they came back one last time to pack up the house and decided to have a little goodbye party.

The younger one aged ten, let’s call her M, is extremely popular - or as my friend said, “ she’s very amenable and well behaved, everyone loves her.” Hence many teachers and friends were at the farewell party. Many tears were shed on both sides along with promises to stay in touch and come back to visit and so on.