Early Morning Memories

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

Category: life

  • Secured Adventure

    Secured Adventure

    Every day is a new day and if we see and analysis properly everyday has the mix of everything. From the basic planning of the day of what to make in the lunch to how to make the career choices. According to me these in itself gives us the opportunity to be adventures to instigate…

  • Woolgathering

    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…

  • Extinguished

    Extinguished

    The fire burned with all the strength it could muster. The cold of theair circled around, for there was no going near the fire, not whileits flame reached out to drive it away. People rejoiced with dance, songs and eatables. The place was acamping spot and the occasion was a family gathering. The spot wasnear…

  • Comprehension

    Comprehension

    Rohil stared at the mound of the clay spinning on the wheel head ofthe potter’s wheel. He caught a quick glance of his teacher who wasobserving him very closely. His teacher had just shown him how it wasdone by holding Rohil’s hands, but Rohil had somehow instantly lostall the confidence to do it. Rohil returned…

  • Reminiscing About

    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…

  • Obligation

    Obligation

    Manav stared at the glass in his hand. The blue coloured drink itcontained was non-alcoholic, he had enquired before picking it up fromthe tray, but what the drink actually was, he forgot to ask. The beverage had the smell of a fruit juice, but it didn’t look likeany fruit juice that Manav had ever tasted.…

  • Accoutrement

    Accoutrement

    The pen was kept down and after a few scribbles on the empty white paper … A few more scribbles… And no! It was not coming into the paper the thought….the thought which Rina has gathered since morning and now she wants to put in paper… She tried and then wrote …” It was a…

  • Climb

    Climb

    The eyes opened to the branches of the oak tree spreading above. Somebranches were still moving, some were broken and some leaves werestill falling down from one of the broken branches. The sunlightKrisha tried to calm herself as she laid on the ground. The retired headmaster of the Krisha’s school, Mr Varty came rushingwith his…

  • Spoor

    Spoor

    “The pay is much better; The position is senior than the one I amworking now. It will be a bit difficult to stay away from family,but I will try to come as often as the opportunity presents itself. II am not thinking about anything long term, two years at most and I will beback here,”…

  • Walking Ahead

    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.…

  • Catching a Wink

    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…

  • Waiting Without an End

    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…

  • Rapport

    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…

  • Gravel

    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…

  • Crescent Night

    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…

  • Losing and Gaining

    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…

  • Chasing Butterflies 🦋

    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…

  • Sand in the Void

    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…

  • Uninterrupted

    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..…

  • Sequential Advancement

    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…