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It’s all over. “

I’m trying to accept that my life has changed.

You cannot change the past, VPS, so live in the present and work for the short time you
have left in the world. Forget the past.

I say this to myself every day in the hope that I will begin to feel better. I don’t want to feel
miserable all the time. I want to believe that there are better things ahead of me. But it is
easier said than done. It is very difficult to carry on knowing what I will be leaving behind
for my wife and my daughter.

After I went public about my battle a few years ago, I was overwhelmed by the support I
received from total strangers. I got hundreds of tweets from people saying they were on my
side and sympathized with me over the raw deal I was getting. Some people even welcomed
my wife and me to their homes. They said they had limited accommodation, but they would
find a way to house me. Such was their sincerity.

I have come to the realization that it is greed that has destroyed my family. Our values
have been crushed and I wish no parents are destined to such a fate.

At the age of eighty-three, my list of wishes is rather small, limited to the basic necessities
for a normal life. I also have a small list of dos and don’ts.

I do want to continue to lead a simple life.
I wish to continue to respect and have faith in the divinity, my God, my Creator.

To never lie to or hurt anyone. If I have hurt anyone in my life, through these pages I
apologize to them.

To never cheat anyone for personal gain.

To consolidate the little family I still have left.

If I have to choose, I would rather fail with honour than win by unfair means.
’’ Excerpted with permission of the publisher,

Pan Macmillan India
An Incomplete Life
By Vijaypat Singhania
Pages 212, Hardback
Cover Price Rs 650
Rs 461 (Amazon), Rs 365 (Kindle)

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