Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
I can take or leave it if I please
That game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
— Theme from MASH (Manic Street Preachers)

I didn't know Asif Basra well, but he was part of our larger theatre fraternity. He was a true actor, destined to follow a journey fraught with uncertainty—a safe profession sacrificed at the altar of a steadfast passion.