When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." My indiscretion embarrassed me, but I could not help it. Without my father on his Delhi rooftop, why was I here? Without him there, why should I go back? Without that ache between us, what was I made of? Kiran Desai
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The death of a loved one is a shock to everyone, but it is especially difficult on the children. When a parent dies, children feel that they are losing their entire world. They feel that they are no longer needed and that everything that mattered has vanished. I’m sure that some children go through periods of depression following the death of their parent, but then they move on with their lives and start to learn what love really means.

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