The monsoon had just begun to lace the city with its silver threads, and the streets filled with the soft, persistent hum of rain. Inside a small flat above a bustling tea shop, Meera sat cross-legged on the floor, an old radio resting on her knees and a mug of chai steaming on the low table beside her. She closed her eyes and let the memory of the song come forward—the melody like a tide, steady and inevitable.