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What was Owed
The cold air of early winter flowed in a modest manner. It was still early in the morning for a day such as Sunday. There were several people out, some who were already in their woollens, some who were feeling the cold but still for some reason known to them were still in their t-shirts.…
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The Unusual Morning Walk
As the clock struck 6 in the morning, Mrs Mongia stepped out of her apartment and down in the elevator she went and out for a morning walk. It was a beautiful morning, then again, all mornings seen even for a second without a burdening complexity in mind can prove to be beautiful. She walked…
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The discounted Plan
It was 8 am and Rikita hurriedly stepped out of her house with grocery bags and she met on the road her friend Lisha who was also carrying some bags. This was a planned meeting where they planned their visit to the supermarket. They walked quite happily discussing the list of things they intended to…
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Looking ahead
What will your life be like in three years? One often wonders of the fruits the life may bear over the time passed (yes even those who might not have worked for it but are yet expecting good things to happen and there are a lot of them around now a days) but there are…
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Assumed
Bhuman sat with eyes focused on his laptop screen, looking through some reports his team had prepared. The smartwatch woke up with vibrations from the alarm set. It was lunch time. He got up and out of his study room and climbed the stairs down to the drawing room of the house. Bhuman heated the…
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Beyond Natural
Keshav woke up from a nightmare abruptly. It was 4:50 am, earlier than his regular six on school days. He calmed down and had some water. It was not an unusual occurrence but a known outcome. Every time Keshav saw a horror movie at night, there was a high chance that a nightmare had become…
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As Things Silenced
It was a usual weekday, nothing exceptional if you look at it in a generalised manner, then again individually a lot was happening with people all round and someone could be having the best day of his/her life or the opposite. Jiya had been quite concerned over the numbers in her credit card bill. The…
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Another Evening
Mr Dohre sat staring at the cup of tea in his hand. “Something wrong with the tea? Not to your liking?” asked Mr Pawar Mr Dohre and Mr Pawar had been friends for a good portion of their adult life. Now both of them were retired. Mr Pawar was mild and quite understanding while Mr…
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On a particular rainy day
The sky had been pouring more than usual. The rain had slowed down the otherwise busy city which always seemed to be rushing towards something or the other. Amongst the traffic jams at several places, Vibha was stuck in one of the comparatively denser jams, the ones that have the habit of not moving for…
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The Unfamiliar Change
Mrs Doshi lived a peaceful retired life with her husband, her daughter and son-in-law. She had feared loneliness when her daughter married and shifted to another state but that changed when her son-in-law had to transfer here as part of promotion and Mrs Doshi took the opportunity to convince them to live together. Mrs…
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Unfading Lights
The festival of Diwali is a beautiful festival. In India behind the obvious sound of crackers are small villages to big cities illuminated by lights of various kinds and lights are what Mr Prakash Chand particularly loved. Mr Chand owned and lived in the ground floor of a three floored house. There was a single…
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A Small Problem
The darkness was still present and everything in the apartment was very still. If one could focus enough, the only sound that could be distinctly heard was of the clock and the old refrigerator. There was a brief sound of a door being closed. Swathi quietly stepped into the drawing room keeping her ears open…
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Beyond the Ordinary
Mr Handoo was one of those people who are not satisfied with the ordinary within life. He thought a lot of money ought to do it, so he became a successful banker. But he soon figured out that was ordinary too, because there were a lot of people working hard in life for different things…
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A Thought in present
One morning I woke up to the view of the same ceiling that I have been seeing for years on waking and I could feel something unusual right away. I was not well. An indigestion problem had left me feeling weak and not so motivated to start the day anytime soon. I pushed myself out…
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Words of Contentment
Mr Kurup rotated the tap handle to stop the stream of water and he looked at the mirror one last time for the day. He wasn’t exactly satisfied with the ageing man he saw in the mirror and wondered how his wife did it, smiled like she always used to, always so bright and beautiful.…
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In Those Moments of Unease
If there was a tangible ladder for upliftment in life, everyone would be thinking of a way to get higher up while attempting to do so, meanwhile Mihir was one of those who just stood and kept wondering if he had figured it out or not, and meanwhile the world moved ahead. Mihir was an…
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Silent Understanding
Walking into a silent home can have different meanings, the first obvious one being no one is actually at home and the second that something quite disagreeing of a great multitude had occurred inviting silence and let’s not go towards the third, the darker meaning you might be thinking of. So, Chaitali walked into such…
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Back Home
Jagat stood silent with his travel bag standing on his right side. An expression of an unwanted clarity was present on his face. He turned to look a last time at a view which he didn’t know when he would see again and he walked into the airport. This was not how Jagat had arrived…
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Bonding with Words
What’s your favorite word? Words have a very unique way of blending into our lives and before we know we become attached to some of them in a manner where they become the naturally preferred part of what we write and speak and quite fairly a part of who we are as well. It can…
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The Good out of the End
There were several questions on Ajay’s mind as he sat with a cup of tea with an expression that had lost any good meaning. Nithi entered the drawing room carrying a bag and eyes which showed the effects of crying. Maybe she glanced at Ajay on her way out, but that was it and she…
Early Morning Memories 