1.0American Kahanihttps://americankahani.comT.P. Sreenivasanhttps://americankahani.com/author/t-p-sreenivasan/My Wife, Lekha: She Faced Each Day Like Samuel Beckett Did, Saying to Herself, 'I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On' - American Kahanirich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9IQM0J7HjK"><a href="https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-wife-lekha-she-faced-each-day-like-samuel-beckett-did-saying-to-herself-i-cant-go-on-ill-go-on/">My Wife, Lekha: She Faced Each Day Like Samuel Beckett Did, Saying to Herself, ‘I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-wife-lekha-she-faced-each-day-like-samuel-beckett-did-saying-to-herself-i-cant-go-on-ill-go-on/embed/#?secret=9IQM0J7HjK" width="600" height="338" title="“My Wife, Lekha: She Faced Each Day Like Samuel Beckett Did, Saying to Herself, ‘I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On’” — American Kahani" data-secret="9IQM0J7HjK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://americankahani.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TP3.jpeg1300870Confronting death is a painful experience, particularly when it happens to someone who has been part of your life for 55 years, growing together, sharing joys and sorrows. In the case of my wife, Lekha Sreenivasan, it came unexpectedly, when it appeared that she was on the verge of recovery. She had a lively conversation…