Operation Missing Ma: A Cinematic Mystery
It was a serene and lazy Sunday evening, the type when you wake up after a satisfying post-lunch siesta and you suddenly remember that there's no house-help tonight, and you decide impromptu to go out for dinner. The dinner was awesome, and at 10:30 pm, the eatery was serving it's last few customers. And then… my phone rang; my youngest brother was frantic - our Ma's phone was switched off from 7:50 pm onwards! He lives a thousand miles away and he would call Ma atleast a thousand times daily to report about the irritating neigbours and the itchy mosquito bites. I told him to calm down and called Ma. Her phone was indeed switched off. Unusual. And worrisome. I live ten kilometers away from Ma's place, and I didn't utter a word as my husband zoomed over the newly -emerged potholes towards Ma's home. I called my cousin who stays nearby. She checked the front door, and it was locked from outside. The lights of the house were on - another red-flag a...