The Invitation That Stops Coming
You notice it first in the small things. The WhatsApp group for the building's Navratri garba, you are quietly removed, or not removed, just never pinged again when the rehearsal schedule changes. The neighbour who used to knock for chai now waves from a distance. Nobody announces that you have been reclassified. The reclassification simply happens, the way a name drops off a guest list without anyone writing a memo.