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Film Session
“This man in a black jumpsuit ran as fast as he could wearing what were clearly hiking shoes yet somehow, he was running like an athlete; and he was doing it with a heavy machinery inside his bag pack. He was being chased by some people who from the looks of it were professional hitmen…
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Surreal Elation
The door of the bedroom opened and Mrs Bhimwal stepped in. She parted the curtains and the light of day flooded in revealing a colourful wall of the bedroom with different colours of butterfly and flowers. She moved towards the bed and folded the open blanket from its top end to reveal a sleeping 11…
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Desolation
Paritosh opened his eyes from a slumber. His head was resting againstthe window bars. He looked outside, the train had come to a stop at astation. Around 40 years back from now, when the air, rivers and lands weremuch cleaner, the climate and temperature were more favourable andplaces weren’t so crowded, a train journey in…
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Overcast
One day, the onset of the afternoon was not in its usual colours. I slidthe two wine-coloured curtains apart to reveal the glass of thesliding doors behind. I switched off the LED bulb which illuminated amild crystal white light. The disappearance of the artificial lightallowed the clouded light of the sun to play a more…
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Reminiscing About
Rushil could see the dirt that had accumulated between the teeth ofhis wide-tooth comb. ‘Why did I not notice this before? I use this comb every day. How longhas it been like this?’ he wondered. Rushil slipped his feet into his slippers and walked to the bathroom.He held the comb beneath the opening of the…
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Skilled
A child learns each skill with practice, patience and more practice and this way Shreya learnt everything since her childhood. Be it going to the dance class and learning dance from the age of 2.5 to learning to paint from being a toddler. She learnt it all… But cooking always seemed like a tough nut…
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The Blue Realm
I am glad my grandfather had a study room in his house. Why? becauseit inspired my father to have one in our house as well, when it wasbeing built. There was a long table, which reached from one wall tothe opposite wall, there were shelves above beyond the head levels andthere were shelves below the…
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Unwanted Silence
‘Where is all the water going?’, seven years old Aadhavi asked heruncle Mr Mehra while staring at the wide river with ever speedingwater. ‘It is heading towards the sea’, replied Mr Mehra. ‘So much water goes to sea, the sea must have a lot of water by now..’said Aadhavi. Mr Mehra smiled, ‘Yes, it has…
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Summerly Warmth
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? The summer air of 45 degree Celsius, heated up the immediate worldoutside. Parthiv looked at the shadows of the moving leaves which fellon the balcony floor outside the black tinted glass door. Had it notbeen for the heat…
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Compiling Memories
What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? Dev opened the small wooden door of a letter box. His eyes saw throughthe lens of the black framed spectacles at what all had arrived. Therewere a few old bills and an old magazine. Years after the advent ofthe electronic mail system, people don’t approach the letter boxes…
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Musings…
Are you a leader or a follower? Relationships with meditation have changed over time and today I would like to explain the situation which I currently have with meditation. When I was a child meditation was an alien term and knowing it was through the visiting of several religious places … The common thing or…
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Sequential Advancement
What was the last live performance you saw? Lekh stood trying to control his breath, his right hand held therailing, while the strength of grip fluctuated. He could hear and feeleach beat of his heart to its innermost depth. Lekh looked down at the travel bag kept near his feet and then helooked at the…
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On Clear Grounds
What do you do to be involved in the community? Ekansh looked around the field for where the other fielders stood andthen he assessed his own position and how he could stop an incomingball hit by the batsman. A game of cricket was part of almost every Sunday. All the children ofthe society gathered in…
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Choosing the Right
Do you vote in political elections? Election Electorate and constituency are the words Prakriti has read and known from the very childhood.. Why? Because on a specific month or around in each year or each two years she used to see political parties go for their own propaganda.. Then one fine day her parents, grandparents…
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Definition Of Home
Mehak and Mina were returning from their tuition this Friday. English literature. English literature has taught them many things and one of the most important things is being sensitive and talking about every topic under the sun.. Literature of any subject helps you to learn the twists and turns of life, the agony and joy…
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Unexpected Learning
Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you. A random story can have a permanent long lingering effect if we think about it too often to forget about it.. That’s life.. Mr Bose is 56 year old man.. few years left for his retirement from the government office.. The mundane…
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Amulet
Our lives are influenced by several elements. Our thought, wit, hard work and determination usually prepare the outcomes that we come to experience. That is what we quite fairly like to believe; after all, these are very much within the boundaries of our control. On their basis we plan and validate our lives and actions.…
Early Morning Memories 