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When Rotis* Throw a Curveball

A charming tale of a newly wed couple on their kitchen adventures , bought on with the lockdown year of 2020.

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Jasmeet Kaur

Jun 25, 20214 min read

Daily Inspiration

A song of innocence

In a small northern Indian town named Khaamosh, a middle-class household with a nuclear family composed of a father (S), a mother (B), a...

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anjali mohapatra

Jun 25, 20217 min read

The Name

3 friends discover a chilling picture once they cut short a vacation at a recently discovered resort.

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Jun 19, 20212 min read

The Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood like any other, changed in an instant.

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Vrunda Moghe Dev

Jun 10, 20216 min read

The Scythe

The red State Transport bus dropped Deepak near Dapoli bus stop at an unearthly hour. He was to first proceed to his aunt’s house and...

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anjali mohapatra

Jun 9, 20215 min read

Imperceptible!

‘Run Duryodhana- run! Hide yourself in Hastinapur or surrender yourself to Pandavas. No one in this whole universe can save you,...

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anjali mohapatra

May 28, 20217 min read

The Vacation

Long ago, a friend of mine and I had planned a vacation. A simple three day holiday at the nearest hill station. He always insisted that...

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Chitra Gopalakrishnan

Apr 21, 20212 min read

Our seven aunts and our eighth home

Our matrilineal joint family in New Delhi. Our peculiar, outlier lifestyle. Our voluble opening up. These elements slipstream a curious...

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anjali mohapatra

Mar 9, 20215 min read

The forbidden disciple!

A beautiful hill named Manikya extended its ranges occupying certain distance. The depressed areas of land under the hilly ranges formed...

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anjali mohapatra

Feb 11, 20215 min read

The image

A narrow space, spirally elongated up to the entrance gate of the museum. Visitors were slowly crossing across the passage maintaining a...

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anjali mohapatra

Feb 1, 20214 min read

Navagunjara! An unique form!

When news of the exile reached Lord Krishna, he had felt shock roll through him. His beloved Arjun was condemned to live in the far reaches

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anjali mohapatra

Jan 2, 20214 min read

Clairvoyance!

Night falls! Darkness suffused the kingdom-Kurukshetra! Everybody in the kingdom was in a deep sleep, but one man- Dronacharya, the...

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anjali mohapatra

Dec 13, 20206 min read

Daily Inspiration

The Sunday Special!

The Sunday Special! A glittering signboard in New York City was captivating among others. Too many attractive lights were dazzling, but...

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anjali mohapatra

Nov 22, 20205 min read

Perplexity.

‘Hello, Amrita! It's me.’ ‘Yeah, Tanya! Did you really think that I can't recognise my own sisters' voice?! What's up? Are you in your...

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anjali mohapatra

Nov 22, 20205 min read

All the world is a story!

Life and death are two sides of the same coin. Everybody knows that- one day, we all will face death, yet the desire of living grips us...

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anjali mohapatra

Nov 14, 20204 min read

The Figure

After 58 years passed, now also my blood run cold if I recollect that incident! It scared me so much!! It seems as if it happened...

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anjali mohapatra

Nov 4, 20203 min read

Assumptions!

One night, a mother held her five year old son on her lap and sat on the balcony. The star streaked sky was looking marvellous! Both of...

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anjali mohapatra

Oct 29, 20205 min read

Beacon!

‘Hi Doctor! Are you ready?’ ‘Yes, sir,’I smiled and looked up at the senior heart specialist. We both headed to the operation theatre....

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anjali mohapatra

Sep 29, 20206 min read