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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.

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...

WELCOME

WELCOME

She came back to her parents’ home with bag and baggage after ten years of her marriage.

Everyone asked her, “Why?”

No one said, “You are welcome”.

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MY AMMA’S SAREE

MY AMMA’S SAREE

Amma had fancied a checked Kanjeevaram saree with double coloured border since long. She saved money from household expenses and purchased the saree after considerable effort. She happily wore it on her birthday and showed it to papa forgetting his abusive ways.

Irked by her independent thinking, papa punished her hard and amma succumbed to the...

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