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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Babe
Pinafored and pretty, Dimpled hands gripping the table, As his grandma bent over, A smile adorning her otherwise plain self, And cut the dumpling’s birthday cake, Celebrating his age of innocence. His silky eyebrows arched in delight, The babe made … Continue reading
to be fifteen again
To be fifteen again, They flew down, leaving husbands behind, Chores forgotten, leaves of absence in place. To be fifteen again, They dressed up in the gay colours of girlhood, Shrieked with abandon, giggled and ogled! To be fifteen again, … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, poetry, relationships, teenage, time
Tagged care, cloaks, cloaks of age, drool over ice cream, fifteen years, fly down, friendship, fun, gay colours of girlhood, giggle, girls, happiness, ice cream, leave husbands behind, leave of absence, life, memories, nostalgia, ogle, poise, school, school ground, shriek, teenage, young, young women
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Always Alert
He was an outsider, forced to make a presentation on that super-serious and thus laughably ridiculous topic- ‘corporate espionage’. He knew that they maliciously whispered to each other that the only thing he had ever managed was the canteen at the army. He stumbled through his carefully … Continue reading
Posted in short short story
Tagged army, contempt, corporates, courage, eternal optimism, grit, old age, old man
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A clean job
He was obviously the ring-leader; he had that unmistakable air of command. The other two scurried about under his directions: the plastic bags swelled up with their booty, the fruit of toil in the wee hours of morning. Finally, the … Continue reading
Posted in 55 fiction
Tagged child labor, children, cleanliness, cooperation, environment, friendship, initiative, leadership, poverty, struggle
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The Little Master
He had murder in his eyes. He brandished the cane and she quivered involuntarily. She waited for his thunderous shouts and the threatening swishes of the cane that were sure to follow. “I shall teach you a lesson” said he … Continue reading
Short short story
It was 8:25 in the morning. The group of sarkari babus among whom she counted herself sauntered over to their bus at a leisurely pace, expecting Yadavji to wait, in the same servile way that the rest of the country … Continue reading
Posted in short short story
Tagged affection, curiosity, kindness, laziness, love, old couple, story
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The Liqueur Box
The Liqueur Box A chocolate truffle made my day The sprinkle of wine- the scent Running deep- an old ravine. The latticed chocolates- white and dark, Like emotions of every hue- some stark, Some mired in layers within … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, poetry
Tagged chocolate, confusion, fondness, friendship, sweetness, truffle
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