“Parashuram express?” Phalgunan woke up from his dream when he heard it out of the blue. He had forgotten about the existence of such a day train that travels across Kerala from Mangalore to Trivandrum. The Train that changed his life for ever. It has been years and Phalgunan has become Phalgu to the truncated world but he still remembered the countless long journeys in the train traveling to trissur and kochi and then returning back to Calicut in the [...]
“Are you great?” “No” He said “But we are” “You can be” “Admit your greatness” They shouted “Why?” “Only then can we claim our greatness” “No I cannot” He said “You are lying” they yelled “Send him to the Gallows, he is great and he does not admit,” “Kill him, Kill the liar” They screamed Written for the Bluebell Book challenge to write a story in 55 words.
It is late today as well. The days when I have a valid reason to not miss the right train, it will invariably be late. I guess the fact is that my valid reasons are not the basis on which the world around me runs. It has its own reasons and I am just a minuscule piece of this whole drama. It sucks, but you got to live with it. As I try to avoid the look of discontent in [...]
He looked at her as she moved on to the building wall and bent into the alley. He was positive that he would get another chance to fall on her sometime that noon itself before he vanished for the day. He was forced to take an opposite route which according to him would probably take him ahead of her at the next cross street, but he had to wait and see. He moved faster than he expected disappearing and reappearing [...]
“Are you corrupted?” the monkey repeated the question when he saw that the man was not responding. The man looked up “I am civilized” he replied. “Beep! Wrong answer” cried the monkey who had his buzzer in its hand. “I will ask you again and this time give me a straight answer, Are you corrupted” “Not really, but if you ask…” the man started fumbling. The monkey became impatient and so it rephrased the question “Do you take bribe” “No [...]
“It does not matter that you have to travel a long way; At least we are coming to end of this journey” He looked at her as she held on tightly to his hands. “You know that you don’t belong here, Don’t you?” He asked her and she nodded without looking at him. Her mind was still set on the street which has been her home and world for all the time she has known. He had often told her [...]
He tuned in his torn piece of cloth he has been calling ‘blanket’ for the past two months. He had a better living standard in the cell that he was confined to for the past six years. The top part of the cardboard piece he slept on was still damp from a recent shower. He remembered the day they came to his house and said he was to stand trial. He also remembered the various faces come before him and [...]
He jumped inside and looked around. It was almost full. He found one seat in the middle row that had a vacant chair. He moved towards it trying not to stamp on the bunch of people who were already there. He took his seat and looked at the elderly man sitting next to him. “Hi, I thought I was late” He said with a smile. “No you are just in time” Said the old man “Good, when did you come?” [...]
I slowly peeled back my eyelids and immediately wished I was still out for the count. All three of them were bending over me looking for me to give them some kind of response. I closed my eyes with the sudden fear of what was going to happen to me. My neck was sore probably from the blow with something hard. A few minutes passed and I could just hear some movements around me. “So what are we going to [...]
“Dad” She asked him “Yes dear” he replied “Can Dogs and elephants be friends?” She asked pointing at the picture on the wall He looked at the picture; it also said it was drawn by a fifth grader. “Very nice” He thought He looked at his daughter and said “Sure they can but why do you ask?” She walked closer to the picture and said “But they are so different. The dog is small and the elephant is so big” [...]
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