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Love Actually

They say that love has myriad hues . Truer words were never spoken . Anindita was a very cute and chubby six year old . Blessed with doting parents and loving grandparents , she had a happy life - for nobody in her family made her feel that she was different . Anindita had autism and the way that she experienced the world around her was so so different from other children her age . One day Anindita went with her mom and neighbourhood kids to the new Corner House ice cream parlour down the street . It was Ridhima’s birthday treat and her mother had ordered death by chocolate ice cream for everyone . Anindita thought that the ice cream looked tempting but she was apprehensive about the liberal sprinkling of nuts , for nuts made her mouth feel terrible , almost like putting pins into it . The smell of chocolate wafting through the air was inviting and she decided to pop a spoon of ice cream into her mouth . Anindita could see the look of joy in her mother’s face from the corner of her eye...