India, Sept. 28 -- I haven't stopped thinking about Madhu Sapre for days. It started with an Instagram DM, then moved to WhatsApp messages, and finally to a formal email exchange to align on our notes. Soon after, we scheduled our first proper WhatsApp call - a dance that required us to navigate time zones, as she was travelling back to Italy from Mumbai. Also read | Can you guess all 3 OG Indian beauty queens at Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla's show?

When we finally connected, our very first call stretched on for an hour and a half - an effortless conversation where time simply slipped away. And ever since, every time we speak, it turns into a warm dialogue that we are forced to cut short only because life demands it. Some of what we spoke abo...