The Silence Between UsIn a lavishly decorated house filled with expensive furniture that looked like a royal palace, Kousalya stepped out of her room and sat on the sofa in the hall.“Radhika, bring me a coffee,” she said.From the kitchen, the maid replied, “Yes, madam”While Kousalya picked up the newspaper in front of her and started reading, a voice called out after a short while:“madam, here’s your coffee.”Kousalya looked up and took the coffee, asking the girl — the maid Radhika’s daughter, Jyothi —“Didn’t your mother come ?”“She got a call from our village, She left urgently and said she’ll