The stories in this publication mirror contrasting facets of life, love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, and union and separation. DANCE OF LIFE Radha and Shashank meet and fall in love. Life cruises along smoothly towards a happy marriage. Shashank disappears from Radha’s life. Her quest ends in a dead end. She learns to live without him. Shashank reappears in her life. His reappearance is far more terrifying than his disappearance. Why? INTERSECTIONS Human life is a path. A path perseveres until it intersects another. Thenceforth, they may unite or continue in erstwhile directions. No path is smooth the entire distance. Irrespective of direction and texture, a path keeps going until it reaches its destination. A human being imparts direction and texture to the path he creates. It is a pity that sometimes he is unable to bestow the same parameters on his own life. SOUL MATES A man finds true love in his wife. They are blessed with a beautiful daughter. Life goes on smoothly for eight years. Catastrophe strikes. The wife dies. The father refuses to remarry. He dedicates his life to his daughter. How does he raise the motherless girl? Who are soul mates?I