What truths and wishes do I quietly reiterate when I greet my host, this young weekly, with sal mubarak? That its integral skills cannot atrophy, that the sapling will grow giant, sheltering boughs, that its years are without end.
(Dina Mehta is author of the novel, And Some Take a Lover, two collections of short stories including Miss Menon Did Not Believe in Magic and award-winning plays. She has a new novel up her sleeve.)