Early Morning Memories

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

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Rumination

    Rumination

    By Anuran Chatterji Early Morning Memories The rain had washed away the humidity from the air; the sunlight was clear and the air was comforting. Plants and trees took this as an opportunity to grow vibrantly, spreading wide. Dipta sat on grass in the park. The park was right in front of her three floored…

  • Isolated Travel

    Isolated Travel

      A bus stop in a wasteland or desert area is not the same sight as the sight of a bus stop that can be seen in a city with all the bright advertisements and a number of commuters waiting to catch a bus.   If one saw this stop, then for a moment he/she might…

  • Stifling Retreat

    Stifling Retreat

    The day was beautiful, the flowers were in bloom, the trees were in greens. Children had gone to school, some adults were hurrying for work, while some had stepped out to buy the daily essentials and so had Dipesh. Dipesh had left his work, he had found something to keep him going for good many…

  • Essence

    Essence

    What are your future travel plans? Travel ! When I hear the word it results in the understanding of multi-faceted emotions from nostalgia to present day travel. The story unfolds keeping in track of lifestory Travelling is said to be the most wonderful feeling after being together with people who love and care. For many…

  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

    The Sun rose and the morning paved the way for a new day. As the light of the Sun touched the trees of the forest, the daytime life in the forest was set in motion. At night the forest can be a place knocking at our fears but in the morning under the light of…

  • Touchpoint

    Touchpoint

    Nirupam instructed the vendor at the paan stall on how to prepare his paan, and the vendor followed. He took a betel leaf and added a small amount of slaked lime to it, then he added gulkand, two small sachets of mouth fresheners and some fennel seeds and cardamom. He then rolled the betel leaf…

  • Fortuitous Crossing

    Fortuitous Crossing

    The new green grass of the park stared back at the Spring which had flown in to revive the green in all the trees and plants around. The flowering plants on the borders of the park swayed in colours displaying their beauty through the blooms that adorned them. Many adults were worried by the heat…

  • Belated Clarity

    Belated Clarity

    The mop was drenched in a bucket full of water mixed with floor cleaner. Then the mop was pulled out and rested on the floor before pushing it to wipe the ceramic tiled floor. The mop kept going ahead, moving against the floor and then it stopped and turned left reaching out to the innermost…