Anjali's family members still fail to comprehend why such a cheerful girl had to take such a drastic step. According to the immediate neighbours of Sugadhares at the Century Mills Workers' Colony, Anjali was just like any other normal girl-next-door, but had very few friends. ``Her only close friend from the colony had got married a few months ago, and since then Anjali did not really have a companion to interact with. It was perhaps this isolation that really did her in,'' said a neighbour on the condition of anonymity. Anjali didn't leave behind a suicide note.

However, her elder brother Suresh Sugadhare (37) has a different story to tell. ``Last year, Anjali had passed her HSC exams with 58 per cent aggregate. But shewanted to do the DEd (diploma in education) course so as to qualify as a teacher. That could never happen as one needs at least 75 per cent marks to secure a DEd seat in the open category,'' recalled her brother Suresh.

Anjali had been residing with Suresh and his wife since 1997, and prior to that, she had stayed with her other brother at Khar. She was away from her parents who were settled at their native place in Ratnagiri.

``We had tried our best to get her a good job; in fact Anjali also worked in a factory a few months ago, but did not like the work environment and so left that job too. She only wanted to be a teacher,'' Suresh told Express Newsline.

Ironically, while Anjali failed to qualify for the DEd course, she realised that she was ``over-qualified'' for the job of a factory worker - and her co-workers never missed a chance to remind her that with an HSC certificate she could have got a ``better job'', stated Suresh.

What perhaps accelerated her decision to end life was the death ofher favourite uncle in an accident in April this year. ``After her uncle's death, Anjali had become a lot more reserved. We thought she would get over it, but her unemployed status only worsened the matter,'' said Suresh.

He had also suggested to Anjali to return to her native place, as she had failed to find a job in the city. ``But Anjali did not wish to leave Mumbai. Perhaps she thought it apt to end it all in this crazy city,'' he commented.