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ENIGMA

ENIGMA

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She was a ‘diva’, single and famous. Her contemporaries  were jealous of her success.

Yet, every night, as she lay down, loneliness engulfed her and sleep eluded her.

She had dreamt of having a simple life but her quest for more, turned her life into an ‘enigma’.

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Indefinite Wait

Indefinite Wait

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They said their good byes. He asked her to wait for him till he returned from his job overseas.

Years later she ‘heard’ he was coming back. She was ecstatic. She waited for him at the same spot at the station from where he had left, while, he, a completely changed...

Darkness

Darkness

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Mom always told her to be careful when in darkness. But she feared light more. For darkness was infamous, but light brought more harm.

She could hide herself in darkness but light revealed everything , the ‘predators’ behind familiar faces and dual faced ‘diplomats’ behind the loved ones.

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The Alumni Meet

The Alumni Meet

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An alumni meet was organized 30 years after their batch graduated. It was an eagerly awaited event.

He was the most excited amongst them to meet his childhood friends. But when he went to the event , he couldn’t meet his friends.

What he met was a bunch of arm chair philosophers...

A Life Well Spent

A Life Well Spent

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She found it difficult to narrate her life in 140 characters.

Instead , she wrote,

“A life well spent”.

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Freedom At Last

Freedom At Last

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She hesitantly went inside the cosmetics shop and bought the latest cosmetics with a child like glee.

The accidental death of her ‘sadist’ husband set her free. Her new found freedom had brought her happiness that she hadn’t known before.

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The Jealous Kid

The Jealous Kid

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“Maa whom do you love more, me or bhaiyya?”.

“I love you both equally”.

“You are lying, I know you love bhaiyya more”, said the jealous kid.

“Wait till you have your own kids”, said maa with a little pain in her voice.

Years later, a doting wife asked her husband, “whom do you...

Longing

Longing

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The young couple looked at the children, all neatly dressed and standing in a line. Each child longing for love and each one secretly desiring to be ‘adopted’.

Tender hearts kept beating faster till the selection process went on. At last one turned lucky while the wait for the rest continued.

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The Umbilical Cord Connect

The Umbilical Cord Connect

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He was dancing watching his favourite Bollywood song on the TV and she was dancing to the same tune while rolling out chapatis in the kitchen.

It was the same song she used to dance to while carrying him. Guess….. it was the ‘umbilical cord connect’.

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Dance Like No One Is Watching

Dance Like No One Is Watching

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She peeped from her dilapidated hut to look at the baratis dancing on the street. Her feet unknowingly found their way amidst the dancers.

While people thought she was mad, only she knew that music liberated her…….. and then she danced like no one was watching.

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