Chapter 21 Enduring Longing That morning as the Minar reached Dadar, Raja Rao and Sandhya were all set to alight. Having exited from the railway station, aided by a couple of porters who carried their luggage, they hired a cab to Chembur. Soon, Sandhya stepped into that spacious flat to the warmth of her in-laws’ greetings. ‘How’s he behaving?’ said Gopala Rao in jest, taking himself away from ‘The Times of India’. As Sandhya smiled coyly, enquired Visala, ‘How is everyone at Kakinada?’ ‘All are fine,’ said Sandhya. ‘My parents were particular that I should convey their pranaams to