The gunshots that tore through Aarati’s heart
They came in silence, from every corner of Edappally. Hundreds of men, women, and children drifted into Changampuzha Park in Kochi, Kerala, on Friday morning — not out of curiosity, but out of something deeper. A shared grief. A need to stand beside a neighbour whose life had been stolen far away, in a land of snow and blood called Pahalgam.
N. Ramachandran, 65, a Gulf expatriate and familiar face to many in the neighbourhood, had been travelling with his wife Sheela, daughter Aarati, and young grandchildren when terror struck . The terrorists, in an act of cruel calculation, spared the women and children. Ramachandran was not so lucky.
read more