Dhaka, Nov. 28 -- "Take good care of yourself. I am well, but my heart is sick. It will heal when you come. You'll come, right?..."

Aparna concluded with these words in a letter to Apu. In his 1959 film The World of Apu, better known as Apur Sansar, Satyajit Ray portrayed one such emotional scene through this letter sent by a rural bride to her husband.

This particular scene holds the plight of the woman who is waiting for her beloved to respond. Even though they are not said aloud, the words establish a perspective of reality that gives the receiver a glimpse of the sender's unquenchable desire to reunite in their known world.

That's what letters do to us; they convey an ethereal touch that feels incredibly genuine.

Nowadays, the cus...