We always knew our Gaurima could never be angry with us for too long. Maybe we took advantage of it. Maybe we did not do enough to show her how special she was to us, and how overwhelmingly we loved her.

We never quite understood why she went away! In her last interview on the television she said, “my daughter keeps asking me why are you always running away from things? But I tell her, I am not running away. You see I am running towards......” She had the last answer.

To all who knew her, Protima was Protima. One of a kind. A creator and a destroyer. And so she lived and left. Always wanting more.

Perhaps what she wanted was on the other side.

- Surupa