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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…
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A little more to life
Mr Jamwal was feeling a little sedentary lately. He was spending a lot of time on the chair with his tablet. He had thought replacing his smartphone with a tablet would help him reduce his screen time but it had the opposite effect. Now, after work Mr Jamwal would find every excuse to sit or…
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Where life led
Sujay woke up to a morning of new light. The life he had been living for the past 26 years had come to a drastic change. Sujay’s paternal grandfather Mr Raghunath Thombre had left for the afterlife a few weeks ago. He had amassed a significant amount of wealth as a manufacturer of plumbing products…
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History of Toothpick
Fossil evidence of ancient skulls, for instance, suggests that early Neanderthals used tools to pick their teeth. Scientists have also found tooth indentations indicative of teeth picking in human remains among Australian Aborigines, prehistoric Native Americans, and the earliest Egyptians. The practice of teeth picking was not uncommon among early civilizations, too. Mesopotamians used instruments…
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Loyalty
Loyalty is an art and not to be taught to someone who is ignorant about the feeling of being loyal . It is a natural process When I hear the term loyal the very first being I think about is our pet dog kippy. The shiny reflective expressive eyes, the anger in the eyes sometimes…
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A Doubtful Encounter
The world outside seemed to be under a dim light as the cloudy weather prevailed for many days. The rain was ruthless rushing in with all its might, falling with only a few hours of break in between. The city wasn’t prepared for it, many roads remained submerged in water. The nearby river was slowly…
The memories that stay with us and the ones we create…
Early Morning Memories 