“Yes,” she whispered.
She sighed and pulled out her notebook – the one Mrs. Shanti had made her maintain since 1st PUC. On the cover, in fading ink, it said: 2nd puc kannada notes
Inside were pages of summaries, grammar rules, alankaras , and answers to poetry questions. But Anjali had copied most of it mechanically during classes. She didn’t feel the poems. She didn’t understand why the teacher cried while explaining Kuvempu’s “Kaliyugadavaradali” . “Yes,” she whispered
