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Sharks eyes!
Expectations may bring trouble and cause pain. It's better to do work without any expectations from others.
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Chandrika R Krishnan
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
The Name
3 friends discover a chilling picture once they cut short a vacation at a recently discovered resort.
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anjali mohapatra
- Jun 19, 2021
- 2 min
Before saying, think twice
A unwilling pedestrian blocks the traffic and faces the ire of the already on-the-edge driver.
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Chitra Gopalakrishnan
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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
- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
Let go!
‘Ah! Today is my last day in the office! No more I would be recognized as ‘CEO’!’ this thought almost crippled my sensation. I took a...
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anjali mohapatra
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
A Nice Trick!
There lived a family where for every little matter, some type of arguments were going on among the family members, especially among the...
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SM
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Post!
"This is it! I am going mad!"
Newman wasn't saying this aloud, but he was thinking this - over and over in his mind.
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anjali mohapatra
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
Words, that changed the mind!
I think the mind runs fastest, even faster than the speed of light! I feel my mind is very, very delicate! It should be handled with...
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