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Wooden Toys

If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why? The sliding glass door of the cabinet opened and a hand made its way inside. Arush picked out the old framed photo of his grandmother holding him as an infant. Such are the remnants of the days past, they always have a…
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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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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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Away from the False Glow

How do you manage screen time for yourself? I stood in a crowded metro train, looking out the wide rectangular window with rounded corners and fixed glass at nothing in particular, it was dark apart from the area lit by the lights of the tunnel placed a certain distance between each other. My eyes appreciated…
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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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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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Crossroads of Decisions

Do you see yourself as a leader? Shyam was on his way back home from the office. He used the bus as his regular means of commuting. Usually Shyam would be actively looking for an empty seat in the otherwise crowded bus. The journey was long, the tiredness was real. But today he was distracted…
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Ecospace

Write about your first computer. The bedsheet was picked from its upper edge and straightened between two hands. It was a beautiful light red coloured sheet with touch of yellow and orange at several places. What occupied the bedsheet was a big elephant looking upfront. The elephant had no colour of its own, it was…
