Gauri realized that Rahul’s condition, for all the grief it brought, was in one sense a remarkable and precious gift. For among the many things Rahul was born without, was the capacity for insincerity. He could not show what he did not feel, nor could he suppress urgent emotion. As she stood next to him, consumed by his expression of unselfish love, Gauri stopped wondering why Rahul could not be more like her. At that moment, she wanted to be more like him.