All of a sudden, whatever I did was silly and my jokes weren’t funny anymore. Two weeks ago, when she told me that she could not be with me, I was startled. I never thought in the five years we were together that she will say or do anything like that. During the past few days, I learned so much about myself because of whatever happened to our relationship. I’ve noticed that nothing affects me anymore.
— Murugan

Illustration/ Amit Bandre