NOBODY LIGHTS A CANDLE Anjali Deshpande 5 In Adhirath’s view the assurance he had given Ramwati was like the ritual consolations offered the bereaved the intention of keeping which is as weak as the expectation of its being kept. He had not been able to talk to Nitesh either. However, the next day his restlessness began to grow so he left the house again heading straight to the nearest English Wine and Beer shop. Peeling away from the crowd outside the booze shop he tucked in the half bottle, the addha under his shirt. As he strode back to the