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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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Catching a Wink
Hem sat quietly outside on a wooden rocking chair facing the garden atthe back of his three floored house in the evening. The tea in the cupon the side table had become cold. Ananta, Hem’s wife, came lookingfor him after her tuition class ended. She picked up the cup andwalked back inside to heat the…
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Waiting Without an End
Nandini covered her face with the scarf that she was wearing aroundher head. Even though she was standing in a shaded area, the drops ofsweat refused to stop coming. She looked at her watch, then at herphone. ‘I am reaching in 10 minutes’ – that was the message Nandini’s friendOmya had sent her an hour…
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Rapport
So, my grandfather paid an unbelievable amount to get this clock andit came here. ‘When I am gone, you are going to take care of the shop and the clock,make sure both of them stay in the family unless it’s a matter of lifeand death,’ my grandfather had told me, and that’s what I am…
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Gravel
The sound of the tire moving over the road with gravel on it. Girikstared at the passing structures in the form of buildings. It had beena longer drive than what Girik had expected. This client had requesteda home visit to understand an investment policy. The client was anindividuals with considerably high wealth, whom the firm…
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Crescent Night
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. The night had fallen. The otherwise primarily vacant and partiallydark road due to presence of trees with long wide branches full ofleaves, were full of light accompanied by the sound of movement and humanwords. It was the day of the weekly market. A…
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Losing and Gaining
What sacrifices have you made in life? We make sacrifices in life when we let go of a chance at somethingwhich we hold as being important to us, but not as important as thechoice we make instead. What exactly makes something a sacrifice? Everything we do in ourlife, has a cost, with ‘time’ being one…
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Chasing Butterflies 🦋
The light from the sky touched the ground. The green of the grassreached its peak of vibrancy. The world started waking to a new day. Ira pressed her palm against the glass of the window. She had beenstanding there for a while. She had seen how, the way the sky feltchanged as the morning light…
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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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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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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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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.…
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Meld
how well is too well. Read the post to know the whole story
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A Fresh Narrative
Vipul wiped off the sweat from his forehead. His handkerchief had served its purpose well. The Sun was showing no mercy today. The afternoon heat had left the streets less populated. Vipul was returning from an interview and was walking to the nearest metro train station. A gust of hot wind with dust appeared around…
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Streamlined
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. Naveen sat on his study table. He had been asked ‘sternly’ to sit and focus on his studies and hence a school textbook laid open in front of him. However, the content of the page was veiled by the thoughts in Naveen’s mind and he…
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Folks and their choices
How do you unwind after a demanding day? Exhaustion and tiring day requires bliss and that bliss is different for different people… In a world of millions of people every person is different in their wishes, demands and life situations are different… Hence … Hence a demanding day requires something which rightly fits in that…
Early Morning Memories 