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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 [...]

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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In the name of faith

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In the name of faith

## Before you enjoy the following work of fiction, a little word of caution which might help in better connection with the characters. See, there are a variety of modes of  story-telling: the linear one (can be start to end or end to start) ; what I’ve experimented with here is I’ve got a linear [...]

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The Boy Who Lived : This World Isn’t Big Enough For Both Of Us  (part 2)

(All characters here are purely a work of fiction. It has no resemblance to any person living or dead) Siren shoots up breaking the silence of the dark and calm night. Tapping feet cover the ground and snipers deployed on the towers. 3 patrol jeeps exit the jail. All cells locked and remaining prisoners thrown [...]

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The Greatest Sorrow

He sat there. In the dark. Darkness did not trouble him. It had become more of a friend to him in the nine years that he had spent in prison. And now, there was light at the end of this dark tunnel. Light, in the form of death. What an irony! Today was the day. [...]

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The Lived unconscious through Fairy Tales!!

The majority of us falls deeply in love with the image that each princess from these fairy tales portrays; an ideal beauty with long golden hair, luscious red lips, and soft white skin. “Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess ..” and “ … they lived happily after” this is the trademark of a fairy tale and we still aren’t able to move beyond this utopian idea.

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A beautiful lump of coal

  It was getting late. The party was to its end, only for some though. The neighbours had already banged their head with the “head banging” music. Flowers were already alcoholated before sunrise. Trashed cars took to reverse gear. The amplifier finally gave up, the dj too. Dance floor no longer did exist. The porch [...]

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