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UNIFORM

UNIFORM

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She was amused to see the three little girls happily playing , wearing new crisp school uniforms on a festival.

“Isn’t it a holiday at school today?”. She asked.

“Yes it is”. The eldest replied.

“Why are you wearing your uniforms then?”. She asked.

“Father had just enough money to buy either uniforms or...

NAME PLATE

NAME PLATE

 

The new name plate was lying on the table waiting to be hung on the front door. The son’s name and the newly acquired three lettered elite service shining in gold on it. While he, sat and buffed his old name plate, till it gleamed like gold. The newly added four letters, ‘Retd’ were his...

SIMILARITIES

SIMILARITIES

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‘He’ asked her once as to what qualities she was looking in her prospective groom.

“Do you want him to be like your dad?”. He asked.

“Definitely not”. She said. That impressed ‘him’.

Years later, she tried looking for similarities between her Papa and ‘him’.

 

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Welding Anniversary

Welding Anniversary

‘She’ called up her parents to wish them on their wedding anniversary. Mom complained about the small fight dad and she had that very morning but she also excitedly described about the little party she was holding to celebrate their anniversary.

‘She’ then wished dad and asked whether it was a wedding anniversary or ‘welding anniversary’...

THE SAMARITAN

THE SAMARITAN

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The auto driver pestered her to pay him in change. She had none. Confused, she stopped a random passerby and begged for help. He turned out to be a good looking Samaritan who paid the auto driver and left before she could thank him enough. A golden opportunity lost to...

VALUES

VALUES

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The moral science teacher posed puzzling questions every time he taught his students.

Once, he asked,” what is a home?”.

“The place where we live”, said the pupils.

“And what makes a home?” asked the teacher. Some said concrete while others said the family.

“Anyone has a different answer?” asked the teacher.

Suddenly the boy...

THE THEFT

THE THEFT

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He patiently waited till everyone slept and then, he slowly tip-toed to the room where the box was ‘hidden’.

He had become a thief in his own house but he couldn’t help it. With great difficulty he found the precious box and  opened it  to find the ‘valuables’ inside.

“Damn diabetes”! he...

EMOTIONS

EMOTIONS

He spotted her in a crowded market after years. His heart didn’t skip a beat. Freedom at last !

As he turned to go, he paused to take  one last look at her.

The heart had ‘matured’ enough to know where to draw the line , yet, it couldn’t liberate itself from the ‘innocent’ emotions. It had...

QUIT

QUIT

Out of the five calls made, none had time to speak. First was busy at office, second was busy shopping, third was at the movie hall, fourth was driving and fifth didn’t respond.

The news of his death next day made them wonder as to why he ‘quit’.

Little did they realise that the ‘depressed’ soul made...

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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