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COMMUNITY

NEVER

Say

NEVER

he universe somehow tends to prove our dadi’s and
nani’s — or any other powerful matriarch in our family
Are you just about ready to embark T — right. It is nature’s way of humbling our egos. It is
on a journey you never thought the world’s way of laughing at us. It is karma’s way of making
us more cautious about our words. Raise your hand if you have
you would? Well, you’re not ever made a bold comment starting with “I am never going
alone, Amornrat Sidhu speaks to to…” or “I never will”. Now raise your hand again if you have
heard “Never say never, beta,” immediately after that. My hand
a few Thai-Indians on unforeseen is raised and I wonder if yours is too.
circumstances related to love, career
and lifestyle. After that notorious line, usually comes a warning from that
powerful matriach — a premonition, almost — that you will find
yourself in a situation that you said you ‘never’ would be in.
Sometimes life can give you exactly what you don’t want, and you
know what? You may choose it yourself. In the best cases, you
will even be happier for it. Here are a few community members’
experiences, including mine, where that tricky word ‘never’ led
to unexpected situations and how they have learned to embrace
what came after in the areas of love, career and lifestyle.

56 Masala Magazine
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2018