LIFE ….. AFTERLIFE
- July 01, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
The lifeless body was lying on the floor. Blood flowing from the slit wrist. The loved ones were shocked and wailing.
The soul was shocked too to see the body. How could the body betray its own soul? Though the body had freed itself from the miseries of the world , yet it had caged its...
THE BLIND BEAUTY
- June 30, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
She saw the recluse looking at her and writing in the cafe. She confronted him and found him making a sketch. In spite of many requests she tore the sketch and in her arrogance insulted him. The recluse left the cafe with a heavy heart.
Years later , a painting called ‘The Blind Beauty’ garnered world...
UNDYING SPIRIT
- April 23, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
The plant was trimmed yet again. The vertical growth was hampered but it fought back, grew healthy and grew its branches.
Every time the plant was trimmed, it wasn’t ready to give up, it grew horizontally each time, spreading its roots and branches and covering up the whole big pot.
What the world saw was a healthy...
LOCKDOWN
- April 08, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
The family members based in different cities downloaded a new app to video chat with each other during lock down.
When all of them came online, they enjoyed the chats and agreed that lock down certainly brought them together again.
“Really?”. The eccentric disagreed. “I was always here. Never busy for you”.
Years earlier the family had downloaded...
TUSSLE
- March 21, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
It was a tussle between them. Him and her. None ready to budge. None ready to understand. When did it start , none had a clue.
Years earlier, there was a similar tussle. She was in his shoes then. With time, the sides changed. From being misunderstood to not understanding, she had come a long way....
Death Of A Love Story
- February 23, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
She was ready to change her entire being for him and his affection. He wasn’t even ready to give up his callousness towards her.
Some love stories die even before they begin.
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REIMBURSEMENT
- January 13, 2020
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
They met after years and had lunch together. They remembered their old days and common friends. He paid the bill for the food but forgot to collect the receipt. She pointed it out and he casually reminded her that it won’t fetch him any reimbursement.
Later when they had coffee together, she paid the bill...
CREAM
- December 10, 2019
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
She finally bought the luxurious , aromatic cream that she had long fancied. But when she applied it, it no longer had the same charm.
And then, she saw a twinkle in the eyes of her maid’s daughter. She remembered she too had a similar twinkle years back when she saw her mom’s landlady applying the...
THE PROPOSAL
- November 18, 2019
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
The proposal that she had been awaiting since long never happened. Probably he was never in love with her. Thus, she stopped all her communications with him.
Years later, she found his old letters in her locker. She re-read them after years. And lo! the clues were all there, the hints so strong. Yet she didn’t...
OUTCAST
- November 05, 2019
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- admin_chubbylittlegirl
The pariah returned to her village to visit her parents but she was publicly shunned by them. Probably, love wasn’t enough, for if it was, then they would have whole heartedly accepted her for marrying outside of her community.
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