Kalawati’s adventure gone wrong

They would only notice her beauty, not the old soul beneath the layers of snazzy clothes.

Kalawati wasn’t the type of woman who needed validation. Yet, she felt deep satisfaction in her bones when people passing on the streets fixated their eyes on her a bit longer. As she walked on the pavement, Kalawati wondered what Sharma Ji would think of her if he were to encounter her now. Perhaps he would think that this was her everyday routine. “No, no. I am doing this only today. I don’t know what came over me,” she would defend her actions in fear that he would get a bad impression of her.