- 8 -   1st January  First morning of the New Year There was no sign of mist or fog as is usually the case in this season. However, small pieces of clouds were hovering in the sky. There was minimal cold. Even though Ramesh and Rani had slept around 2 o'clock in the night after celebrating the ‘New Year’s Eve’, still Rani woke up as per her routine. She completed her daily morning chores. Thereafter she came out in the lawn to offer water to the sun. The sun was not visible yet, but from the eastern horizon, the