The idea was absurd. A trek? Who would manage Arjun's science project? Who would be home when the gas cylinder arrived? Who would sit with Sharada for her evening saas-bahu soap opera?

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"Maa ji," she began, her voice steady. "There is a trek in the Himalayas. Only women. Three days. I want to go."

"I can't," Kavya said, the words automatic.

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