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?” [...]
“Where am I?” He looked around trying to see something. It was pitch black. He could hear some groans and creaks near him. He realized he was sitting in a chair. “Who are you?” Came a female voice from the front and before he could speak there was a loud cry followed by sobs that felt like they would go on for eternity. “Stop it; we need to find a way out” Said another voice. “Shut up, we might be being [...]
“So what were you saying?” He asked without taking his eyes off the window. “That I could prescribe some medication that can reduce the tantrums“ said the Doctor. He turned and looked at his Doctor “Why? Are you telling me that this is an illness and not the age?’ “Well it could be, Could be the initial seed of developing a split personality” Said the doctor “He turned to the doctor still his hand on the window “But he is [...]
He looked at the fallen petal and then at the flower, He was not sure if the flower felt sad. He plucked one more petal and then looked at it again. This time he felt that the flower moved a bit. He came closer to it and blew on it; the flower swung back just once and looked back straight into his eyes. He plucked one more petal and smiled at the flower. Did he hear the flower cry? He [...]
He took the cup to his lips, but forgot to sip the coffee. He kept it back on the table and all the while staring straight into the monitor. He was disturbed, not just with the news he read. He has read much dreaded news that often seems like it was the synopsis of some horror flick. But this was different.
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