Roopa got up from her bed to look out whether there were any signs of a sunny day ahead. It was very cold. She had worn the warmest wollens yet her limbs felt numb with cold.Her bed she noticed was empty.Her husband had already left for his work.Sunday was the only holiday when he stayed back.It usud to be a much awaited day for Roopa but now no more.Her husband had become so accostomed of outdoors that he could hardly spend a holiday happily at home.All his aches and troubles surfaced and they could only be alleviated by getting glued to the t.v. set and viewing sops and movies of any genre.On other days she could cope with her lonliness and the emptiness of the house in her own way since she knew that there was nobody to give her company.But now she had either to sit quietly alongside her husband and savour the hackneyed fare quietly or go about her work and leave him alone.She would sink into deep ennui and hopelessness.sometimes She would remain away for hours loiteri...