Sarah and I were poles apart in terms of our lifestyle, experience, nature, characteristic. Even then, we bonded pretty well. I used to tell her about my family - my extended family of 34 members. I used to tell her about my life in Kolkata. How pampered I am. How lazily I spend my life amidst my uncles and aunts, and cousin brothers and sisters. She would listen to everything I said, with a lot of appreciation and amazement, because her life was entirely different. Her father fled away when she was a little girl. Her mother was a strong woman, fighting all odds to bring her only child Sarah, up. She could never give quality time to Sarah, as a result of which she was always lonely. This probably made her an introvert. She was fiercely independent right from her childhood, doing all her things on her own. And there I was - so dependent on everybody. My life would be a standstill if I didnt have my family and friends around me.