Dreamt Lives Anirudh Deshpande V Family Memories A bitter life had made the Doctor’s memories rancid. Ravi’s childhood had comforted her but his growth into an unsuccessful romanticmade her anxious. She never expressed this anxiety in words but her eyes said everything. The Doctordisapproved of Ravi’s love for his attractive young wife. The fact that hedid not dominate his wife did not go down well with the bitter old woman. Sometimes Ravi thought his mother wanted to see herself in his wife to vindicate her opinion of matrimony. His choice of a girl from a Punjabi family was also disliked