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The Feelings that Echoed
Rohil stood staring at Aarohi, at the cold expression in her eyes. The door between them closed. Things were not always towards the darker end. Rohil and Aarohi had their first interaction on a website for selling second hand goods including furniture, electronics, vehicles, etc. Aarohi was looking for a second-hand recliner chair and Rohil…
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Fragile Strength
What is one thing you would change about yourself? The vision of the eyes opened to the dust covered concrete flooring. Sound erupted from within the throat but was greatly reduced as they tried to escape the mouth tied tightly by a cloth. The girl still in her school uniform raised her head to look…
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Handicrafted Joy
What are your two favorite things to wear? When what to wear comes as an option I think clinging to the country’s own handicrafts should be the best idea herein. There are many things actually available worldwide but smelling and wearing your own country’s products gives other kinds of joy. India’s rich cultural diversity and…
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Attached Attachments
Someone said to dream . Always dream.. be it while sleeping or being awake. Dream.. always dream. The dream which keeps you awake is your goal., is your desire is your manifestation… This was said by APJ Abdul Kalam the Former Prime Minister of India.. Today’s prompt is very important as we narrate the story…
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How did the Smog take over?
Nirek sat working on his computers. His eyes moved over the parameters of the display area of the monitor and his hands coordinated on the keyboard and the mouse. As Nirek picked up the bottle of water to take a sip, he looked out the window. ‘The sunlight has been blocked again today,’ thought Nirek…
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Favourite Times
What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? Daksh reached for the dark grey suitcase of dimensions 55 x 38 x 23 from under the double bed of his bedroom. It was the last of the two bags and suitcases packed and kept there. Daksh’s wife Kadambi’s eyes had caught sight of the disappearing tail…
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Facade of Truth
Pallabh sat in the rearmost seat of a moderately occupied bus. He had his eyes closed. “Did you take the ticket?” Pallabh slowly opened his eyes and pulled out a hastily folded ticket from the chest pocket and showed it to the conductor. The conductor nodded his head and went ahead. Pallabh put the ticket…
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Silent Assumptions
Mr Lugun stood at the main gate of the apartment building. He looked at the festive lights decorated around the gate, blinking in rhythm. A confused security guard inched closer to Mr Lugun till it was clear what had caught Mr Lugun’s attention. Mr Lugun noticed the presence of the security guard who by this…
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Through the veil
The video showed moving ahead in a long passage of an abandoned factory. The person who carried the camera ran through the empty passageway. The passageway was dimly lit with the help of the light from the streetlights which managed to come in through the old and broken glasses of the windows on the right.…
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Unfiltered
The world was following its usual routine, the Sun was shining the Summer, the birds were making the sky more meaningful, the other animals were livening the forests, the trees stood spreading their shade for those who needed it, and there were us humans involved in an awful lot of things with everyone getting up…
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The Mistaken Truth
The lights of the drawing room were off as the room was lit with the natural light which entered from outside through the open door of the balcony. The speed of the fan was slow as the cold was creeping in to signal the winter following. Aryash sat placing the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle…
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Echoes of an Observant Mind
Some summers, in the late evenings, I stand giving my plants those additional sprinkles of water as a form of respite from the warmth the ground had been affected by all day. I never know how some of them will grow, and I do not know for how long they remain as a part of…
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Happiness Matters
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? Do you know every age has a certain type of appendage. Every age has certain type of memories and it is a chained association. Age means time Time means Ageing It is related to our life completely. Today let us know a story…
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The Point of Eruption
‘I see fire, I breathe it, I hear it burning all around. When I move, I carry it with me. In the ruse of its false strength, I fail to see, what is burning is me.’ Neel Lakra was a financial analyst at a financial institution. He had been in this particular institution for one…
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Unknown to known
The girl hasn’t met her father for so long from her birth till she is four years old. Her mother is her only companion, support and guide taking care of and helping her to read and write. She is growing up playing and learning things from her mother and surroundings. But do you know where…
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Schools Fail to Prepare Students for Jobs
Let’s know Aarav’s story Aarav doesn’t know how to be proactive. But, at least he knows that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.Aarav doesn’t know how to discover his true strengths and weaknesses. But, at least he knows that a2 + b2 = c2. Aarav doesn’t know how to take care of his mental…
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Nature and God and Goddesses
Every night gives us the hope of the morning of the continuity. The same way Every darkness is followed by light. In life and nature. There’s so much commonality between Nature and mankind and so much so that it’s totally evident we are born out of nature and just an entity in Nature. Everything we…
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The Right Card
There was a card, it was the size of any regular playing card, it had the picture of an apple on it. The card was being held in the hand of a man in his late thirties. “If you select this card among the three cards, then I will give you a pair of earbuds,”…
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3 Books in English you cannot miss
Books! There are several books in the world. Being a reader in 2 languages it is always something which I look forward to.. book reading. Choosing the right book depending upon the situation, time is important..the more you read the more you capture broadness of mind and hence help you in the longest run of…
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Strength and Story
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? ”When I grow up I will become a teacher. ” Shrot yelled suddenly soon after she returned from the school. Her mom asked while helping her to have the lunch . Before knowing what she said let me introduce you to Shrot. Shrot is a girl who stays…
Early Morning Memories 