| While I was lost in the beauty of the scenic Indian | | | | table next to our chairs. |
| Ocean's panorama, some movements in the | | | | When I looked at her and said: "Hallo" she too |
| restaurant draw my attention. | | | | repeated it with a smile. |
| Casting a glance over there, I noticed that Marita | | | | After I wished Eva a happy New Year and |
| Kantar is just wandering there, thinking of | | | | extended my hand towards the small girl, she so |
| something seriously in the center part of the | | | | smartly took my hand and greeted me with |
| restaurant. She has come back again to continue | | | | gentle smile. I was surprised by her etiquette. I |
| her research after two months away from the | | | | just rubbed her upper shoulder and asked: "How |
| Resort in Germany. | | | | are you", she broke into a lovely smile as an |
| Marita is a dynamic student from the then East | | | | answer to my question. When Marita extended |
| German part of Germany. She was doing her | | | | her hand, she wished her with great cordiality. |
| undergraduate studies in the field of managing | | | | The following day when we were at breakfast, |
| social sciences at the Wismar University in the | | | | she was running around every table and telling a |
| scenic Wismar City of Baltic sea area. She | | | | number of stories to each and every one around |
| coordinated with me to organize the "Night of a | | | | there. She came to me and was waving a |
| Thousand Dinners" - a success at the Aquarius | | | | coconut-leaf said that it was a "snake". I was |
| Sports Resort Hotel. | | | | wondering as to where she has seen a snake |
| While I was approaching her she was surprised | | | | whether in Germany or in Sri Lanka or in a zoo. |
| and said: "It is nice to see you again". I too felt so | | | | Walker was translating to me all her stories, which |
| and as was the first day of the New Year, I | | | | she was narrating to me in her mother tongue, |
| greeted her with New Year Best Wishes. I once | | | | German. Her father was watching from a distance |
| again thanked her for her valuable coordination in | | | | at the restaurant with a smile. I felt from their |
| organizing the event. | | | | joyous mood that they were relishing their trip to |
| Suddenly interrupting my thought, a small girl | | | | Sri Lanka. Her mother was tenderly hugging her |
| around four to five years came screaming and | | | | infant son on her lap. |
| shouting towards us. She had come with her | | | | A driver of the Aquarius Resort approached them |
| parents from Germany for the New Year | | | | and greeted them affectionately. |
| vacation. She was playing with all of us around | | | | The whole atmosphere in the restaurant was one |
| there. Eva was holding one of her hands and | | | | of love and fascination. |
| hugging her. They were standing near the dinning | | | | |