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Ripples on the pensive

Ripples on the pensive

I stepped out of the gloomy shadows of my somnolent classroom, and gratefully inhaled   the magically soothing November air. The breeze soothingly swept past my burning cheeks and playfully caressed my locks, and the soft autumn sun affectionately kissed my chilled arms and creased forehead. That’s when the familiar evanescent sensation of being an aerial [...]

A poodle in a puddle

“Well, you are a poodle in a puddle.” The leaves on the tree they were sitting under, bowed towards their heads. One of the leaves, in its new found intimacy with the couple, landed on her head, and slid down her hair, till it was caught up in a cascade of curls. “That’s an odd [...]

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A.I.[3]

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A.I.[3]

In continuation to A.I.[2] As he sat in front of the display unit, Raghvan finally had the time to reflect upon the role this last year had in shaping his life as it stood now! _______________________________________________________________________ November 22, 2009 Past the two heavy metallic doors, resided the ‘presidential’ office of Harsh Rathod, Raghvan’s senior, CRE’s [...]

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The Legend – Part 4

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The Legend – Part 4

In Continuation to The Legend – Part 3 Aryan had always been a whimsical child, who would wander off, far from his home, with his head in the sky, spinning stories in the air. He had never wanted to go adrift and distant from his home, he loved his family more than he loved the [...]

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The Legend – Part 3

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The Legend – Part 3

In continuation to The Legend – Part 2 Meera was six years old when she died. Her death was just short of being the most talked of episode in the village, right after the unfortunate incident of the disappearing sheep. The sheep had started disappearing in the strangest manner. Twenty or so sheep would disappear [...]

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Guitar Weeps

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Guitar Weeps

For the first time that evening I got a feeling that tonight was going to be a good night. With my guitar in one, I waved her with my other hand who had been practising for this very show. She smiled and I knew something was cooking in her heart, but mine was already turned [...]

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The Legend – Part 2

In continuation of Legend Part 1 That day had been particularly trying for the land travelers as they trudged along in the merciless heat of gracious sun. While each traveler walked on in hope of reaching their destination, one traveler in his whimsical exhaustion, lied down under the same tree that stood over me that [...]

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The Legend – Part 1

There are so many things in this world that one desires. The night and the stars that envelope the land protectively each day, whisper their secrets to the lonely travelers. Some stop and listen to what they say, wondering each time what it means as they scratch their head, mystified, the others walk on in [...]

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Can I help You?

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Can I help You?

“Can I help you?” the flight attendant asked as I struggled to collect all my belongings strewn on my seat. I don’t know what made me so clumsy today, I’m normally a very calm and collected person, but today is a different story……. “Can I help you, sir?” the flight attendant asked again, a little [...]

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The Silent Treatment

She didn’t talk to him that day. She didn’t do it purposely, she was just so busy. She didn’t intend to hurt him but he still wondered about her silence. Not that it mattered to him, did it? I mean he hadn’t done anything wrong, nor was he overly possessive of her, he just didn’t [...]

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