On a self-destruct mode
By Kuldeep Chauhan

AT 19, Sonia is a college dropout. Her brown-streaked hair needs retouching. Even though she is in the prime of her youth, she appears to be "burnt-out". Her eyes are glazed and dreamy. Her frail frame in torn jeans and a jacket with stone-beads around her neck and wrists lend her a"hippy-like" look.

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