It is an anchor story in my book Moments in Transition: Stories of Maya and Jeena. I decided to place it towards the end of the novella. My logic, albeit obscure was that I want my reader to become curious about the tension in the mother daughter relationship and then when you read the story – you go Aha!

As usual the story stands on its own and you can read it for free:

http://www.originsjournal.com/fiction/2018/1/8/the-open-door-by-neerja-raman