Tanhaiyan — Episode 5

“How much?”

Sana stares. All this time, she thought Zara’s distance was grief or resentment. It was fear.

Sana (now 19) stands before the mirror, adjusting the cuff of her office shirt. Beside her, a framed photo of her late parents watches over her. She doesn’t cry anymore when she looks at it. Instead, she speaks to it softly. tanhaiyan episode 5

The air thickens. Zara’s face crumbles, then hardens.

“Work.”

“You’re still drawing impossible things.”

“You never come. You work, go home, repeat. You’re 19, Sana. Live a little.” “How much

“Who was that?”

“I got the promotion. Junior architect. Appa would have framed the letter. Abba would have said, ‘Too much khud ghuroori, Sana—stay grounded.’ ” Sana (now 19) stands before the mirror, adjusting

“You don’t have a job, Zara. You quit six months ago.”