Early Morning Memories

The memories that stay with us and the ones we create…

Category: life

  • Followed

    Followed

    Watika sat down on a chair to read a book. The book was a compilation of poems. On a table in the corner of the room was a pile of books. They were all from this year’s book fair. They were bought a few months back but Watika’s mother had been strict about not touching…

  • Sunset Routine

    Sunset Routine

    What are you doing this evening? The smartwatch vibrated with the alarm that had been set. Naveen looked at the watch, it was 3 pm. Today was a holiday and Naveen decided to spend some time with his game console. He had been a regular gamer once, all from the school days and through his…

  • Pressure Peddler

    Pressure Peddler

    What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? Ekansh quietly sat on the chair; his eyes regularly checked the digital clock on the table. He looked up at the white ceiling of the cabin, he wanted to part with the sight of the office ceiling lights but couldn’t get up and walk…

  • Palliate

    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…

  • A Ghost Problem

    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…

  • The Official Trip

    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…

  • The Bandit Ancestor

    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…

  • In a distance

    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…

  • Inevitable Close

    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…

  • A wholesome Sunday

    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…

  • Mind Foraging

    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…

  • Amidst The Now

    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…

  • Reorienting

    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…

  • Ephemeral Moment

    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…

  • Wistfulness

    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…

  • Calling of the mountains 🏔️

    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…

  • A Travel Memoir: Darjeeling and Places around

    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…

  • Ennui

    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…

  • Can we really sell these products?

    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…

  • Futile Efforts

    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…