All her life, until she was in her mid forties, Shaziya had always been jealous of her cousin Nargis. She was timid and cocooned in her shell most of the time. Nargis on the other hand, was confident, outgoing, centre of attraction in every gathering and definitely more talented than her. Nargis was everything that Shaziya was not and could only dream of being like her. Problem wasn't just the feeling of jealousy. Problem was that Shaziya did not do anything constructive to change her situation. The negative emotion seeped in her so deep, that it affected her entire personality