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our mics. There’s a table in front of us. Alara holds my hand beneath the
                table and we look at each other. We’re happy that we can do this for Elisha.
                Wherever  she  is,  she  would  be  delighted  to  see  us.  The  media  starts  to

                question us. By the way, I am a lot more confident now. ‘Sunrise to Sunset’
                aired last month and Ricky’s has become the most popular place in Goa.
                   ‘Why did you give the title ‘You Only Live Once?’ to the album? ’

                   Alara smiles at me, indicating that she would take this up. I agree with a
                nod.
                   ‘It is told to us, time and again, that we only live once. It means, live life

                to the fullest, cease the day! We agree to that. But once we put a question
                mark to it, we want to ask people, do we really live only once? We live in
                the hearts of people years after we die. While our physical bodies may live
                only once, a part of us stays alive in people’s memories forever. We’re not
                the same for each one of them as we leave a different impact on their lives.
                While our life is important, how we choose to live it is equally important.
                We want people to reflect on what impact they would want to leave on the

                lives of other people when they’re gone. The songs are in sync with our
                thoughts.’
                   ‘Your songs touch upon themes like depression. Why did you choose it?’

                   ‘To  be  able  to  see  the  colours  around  us,  sometimes  it’s  essential  to
                eliminate the darkness within. The world isn’t actually how it is, the world
                is  how  we  see  it.  If  we’re  optimistic  and  positive  in  general,  the  world
                reflects  our  thoughts  like  a  mirror.  If  we’re  negative  in  general,  it’s  the
                same! Understanding this and working on it can help us conquer the most

                negative  of  emotions.  If  my  mother  could  have  done  it,  she  would  have
                been sitting in my place today, launching her album on her birthday.’
                   One of the media persons interrupts, ‘Are you dating the famous standup

                comedian Aarav?’
                   ‘Yes. We’re dating. He would have been here, but he is in Singapore for
                his first ever standalone stand-up act out of India. He will join us in Goa
                tomorrow.’

                   ‘Is it true that you’ve shifted to Goa? Do you plan to go back to Czech?’
                   ‘I feel I belong here. I never went back to Czech and have no plans to do

                so in the near future. I will be shuttling between Mumbai and Goa. Ricky
                and  Sheen  are  my  new  family.  I  want  to  stay  as  close  to  my  mother  as
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