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LIFE UNDERNEATH

LIFE UNDERNEATH

Flyovers were constructed throughout the city to stop traffic congestion and make lives easy for the citizens.

Gradually the poor and homeless found space under the flyovers.

Even development took sides with the affluent and pushed the down trodden to remain underneath.

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MASK

MASK

Tired of hiding, he pulled off his mask of pretence to reveal his true identity.

Though he was afraid that it could tarnish his image permanently,yet he took the risk to breathe freely.

Everyone was concerned as to what went wrong with him but none believed that he wasn’t pretending anymore.

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SOUNDS OF THE HEART

SOUNDS OF THE HEART

He was a successful sound recordist who had a huge collection of sounds in his library. His favourite one was his own heartbeat.Very rhythmic. He felt alive listening to it.

He tried to record the sound of his broken heart once, and he felt as if the heart had stopped beating for a moment. There was...

CREATOR’S IRONY

CREATOR’S IRONY

The new luxurious apartment building stood tall and strong and looked majestic. It was an architectural marvel, that was to house the rich and the famous.
The newspapers carried full page articles praising the artisans and creators while they still continued to live in shanties in the slums.

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GREY

GREY

He was taught the difference between right and wrong, white and black well. It was firmly ingrained in his brain until he grew up to see the picture clearly.
On a closer look, he found the lines blurring to intermingle with each other. He discovered meanness in right and a lot of goodness in wrong.

LIPSTICK

LIPSTICK

Lipstick is my favourite accessory.
It brightens my lips and makes my face glow and light,
It brightens my mood and makes it shine and bright,

Keeps the secrets in my heart intact and seals my lips,
Enhances the colour of the eyes and hides the teary dips,

I once tried to replace my humble lipstick with...

ROAD TO PEACE

ROAD TO PEACE

The music was blaring in her ears. She liked to shut out from the world listening to music during her evening walk.

And then she stopped abruptly seeing the road ahead of her completely deserted.

A feeling of slight discomfort later she realised she was in the safe haven of her society walkway where she was neither...

HER PLACE

HER PLACE

She would cover her head with a stole in the presence of elders as a mark of respect. Was it to keep her in place?

She would stop speaking if an elder male cleared his throat indicating her to stop. Did she hear him say, “she should know her place?”.

She stopped studying, she stopped working, she...

PATTERNS ON THE SAND

PATTERNS ON THE SAND

She looked at the children playing at a distance. She drew a heart on the wet sand and added A+R on it. A sudden large wave erased it

She drew a heart again but changed the initials to P+R with trembling hands. The wave erased the design again.

She became bolder, drew a bigger heart and gave...

वापस आई खुशी…

वापस आई खुशी…

उस दिन तेज़ बारिश आई और वो फटाफट भागी खिड़कियां बंद करने। एक वक्त था, शादी की शुरुआती दौर में, वो और पतिदेव बेसब्री से बारिश का इंतजार करते ताकि जब बारिश हो तो, वह दोनो हाथ पकड़ कर बाहर टहलने जाऐं और भीगते हुए बारिश का लुत्फ़ उठाएं।

बच्चों के आने से और नौकरी की...

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