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Palliate
Describe your ideal week. Today’s prompt is very interesting what’s the ideal week. Ideal week is a very subjective term which varies from person to person.. if we look little historically every king, monarch or poets had different concepts of ideal week and so it highly depends on what you do, your hobbies, your works…
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A Ghost Problem
Written by Anuran Chatterji The hands of the clock proceeded towards 11 pm. The village had almost fallen silent. The night had settled in. The door of a small house opened and Mrs Walia stepped out with her walking stick. She was well above 70 and was a little short of hearing. She looked to…
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The Official Trip
The window of the moving car showed a view of the trees, people, buildings, and streetlights passing by. The sky constantly stood up high watching the world move around. Varen was tired. He was sitting in a cab, heading towards his home. He was returning home after a week of trips with friends. It was…
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The Bandit Ancestor
The back door of the grey coloured hatchback opened and down stepped Bina. It was the time of summer vacations and Bina and her parents usually planned their trips around this period. They drove to this state from the one they lived in. This was where the majority of Bina’s family was rooted and…
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In a distance
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. There isn’t a day without a moment, no matter how minute, in which we spare some time knowingly or unknowingly, in memory of having been somewhere or the wish of being somewhere. Many of us visit and revisit the websites which allow us to…
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Inevitable Close
It was late evening, and the roads were busy with crowds of people returning home. The streetlights spread their light, the shops and other business establishments that operated at this hour also became illuminated with their lights. Viraj got down the stairs of his apartment building, and headed for his car parked in the parking…
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A wholesome Sunday
The struggle of marriage is often associated with negativity for people! Many people consider it that it is a mere burden to get married where you invite responsibilities which were not there before. Growing in one’s career becomes optional and taking care and other work is compulsion . But is that all? Is that everyone’s…
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Mind Foraging
Why do you blog? Amara stood in one corner of the room as her elder brother Mayin played their paternal grandfather’s old guitar. Grandfather loved to play the guitar in the evenings and had taken great care of it in his time, but now it remained abandoned in the house which had long lost its…
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Interlocutions
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. I stood on a sidewalk in front of the metro train station, waiting for a friend. I watched the people pass by. In my hand was a red umbrella, I borrowed it from my wife…
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Amidst The Now
How are you feeling right now? I woke up today and found myself dissatisfied with the night’s sleep. The night lamp which I usually turn off before going off to sleep was still on. I knew exactly what happened. Every night before I go to sleep, I spend some time with my television. My late…
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Reorienting
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? The night was turning cold. The day was coming to an end for many. The number of people and vehicles on the road had drastically reduced. The ashen glow of diminished fire could be seen, it came to life every day evening in…
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Ephemeral Moment
Written by Anuran Chatterji Two feet wearing slippers moved down the steps in rapid movement. As the feet reached down the stairs and halted, the right hand moved ahead to move down the bolt and push open the wooden door. The feet stepped out and the vision wandered over the road in front, first to…
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Wistfulness
What TV shows did you watch as a kid? As a kid for us tv was a very essential part as we could watch tv only for a certain period of time and not whenever we wanted. There were no mobile phones and this digital entertainment factor was very limited and restricted and that somehow…
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Calling of the mountains 🏔️
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. Hi everyone a very warm welcome to our website Early Morning Memories and thank you so much for being with us in this journey of writing stories and personal documentation.. without our audience we are no one. So a huge Thank You! Today’s prompt is…
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A Travel Memoir: Darjeeling and Places around
Dhotrey, Darjeeling, Dawaipani and Lamahatta A detailed Tour experience of Eastern India Dhotrey, Darjeeling, Dawaipani and Lamahatta Written by Sayoni Mahapatra Chatterji The last one week we travelled and created ample memories and today we finally got time and solace to write an extensive blog on our experience of the travel. We travelled for 8…
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Ennui
List 30 things that make you happy. This seems like a very difficult question! 30 things which makes us happy! Happiness is a very subjective thing . How one sees and shapes happiness can be extremely different or over similar to someone else… Happiness is something… If you ask a child he or she might…
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Can we really sell these products?
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? The magic shop! I would definitely sell powers to people. No! Don’t get me wrong here… Power means to give security to people through the magic potion. There will be three types of magic potions one for economically poor people, one for…
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Futile Efforts
The morning was as usual as any, early still. Some people had started coming out of their resting place in their walking shoes and some in their running shoes. The ones in their formal shoes were some poor souls who were leaving for work, one of the downsides of a more demanding job. Mr Doshi…
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Rumination
By Anuran Chatterji Early Morning Memories The rain had washed away the humidity from the air; the sunlight was clear and the air was comforting. Plants and trees took this as an opportunity to grow vibrantly, spreading wide. Dipta sat on grass in the park. The park was right in front of her three floored…
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Isolated Travel
A bus stop in a wasteland or desert area is not the same sight as the sight of a bus stop that can be seen in a city with all the bright advertisements and a number of commuters waiting to catch a bus. If one saw this stop, then for a moment he/she might…
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