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Woolgathering
The exterior lights of the apartment building temporarily abandonedtheir illumination as the morning light entered. The smartphone kepton a bedside table came to life with the sound of piano playing andbirds chirping. Its screen displayed 5:30 am along with a ‘stop’ and‘snooze’ virtual buttons. Mr Guha removed the eye mask and proceeded to swipe the…
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Sprinted
It was a silent morning, still in its early phase. People who workedafar or had to start early due to their profession were already inmotion, along with the conscious and motivated people who were out fora morning walk. Dilip, a 38 year old man was also one of these walkers. A new yearresolution had set…
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Walking Ahead
The school helper entered the classroom V-B. Alka had recently joinedin for the position. The room was empty. The students had gone to thecomputer lab of the school. Alka looked around at the light-yellowwalls of the room with boards displaying different creative efforts bythe children, even the doors of the cupboards were not spared fromthem.…
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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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Sand in the Void
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? Vehant turned the page of a magazine he had been reading for the pasttwenty-two minutes. The two new pages revealed information on forestwealth and how its reduction had become an issue of devastatingconsequences. The smartphone vibrated; it was a work-related email. Vehant wentthrough it and…
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Uninterrupted
What does freedom mean to you? Freedom is a very subjective term and may change from person to person a lot… Today let us know the concept of Freedom from a child’s perspective.. Meet Vikrant a 10 year old boy who was made to do his homework despite the fact that he wants to play..…
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Another Morning
The dining table was dressed with food items for a Sunday breakfast.13 years old Darika sat with a sandwich in her hand looking outsidethe window, lost in a world of her own. Mr Garg, Darika’s grandfather sat opposite to her. The majority of hisface was covered by the newspaper he held in his two hands…
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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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Within the Shroud of Darkness
Dakshita dug her hand deep into her purse to find some spare change.Her hand felt some coins and picked them out. She counted the coins;they would cover the cost of a small packet of brown bread. Dakshita walked back to her apartment building from the grocery store.The path remained damp from when the mist cannon…
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Awaiting Presence
What gives you direction in life? Bhavin walked out of the metro station. Waves of people rushed outalong with him, most of them walked past him. Bhavin was relaxed,there was no hurry today, the next day was a Sunday, hence thisSaturday evening he would dedicate to nothing else but relaxation. Bhavin took notice of the…
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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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That which Glistens
The small compound of the house was between the walls which have witnessed life within being born, lived and parted. The sinking sun led to the white ceiling lights of the compound being switched on.
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Morning Breeze
My consciousness woke to a new morning and I rose and remained awake in a sitting position.
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Expressions speak louder than Emojis
What are your favorite emojis? Emojis. Do you know when was the first emoji was made ? nope.. so I googled and got to know this…..The first emoji were created in 1999 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. Kurita worked on the development team for “i-mode,” an early mobile internet platform from Japan’s main mobile carrier, DOCOMO.…
Early Morning Memories 