"Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing." - Sylvia Plath. Well, I am guilty of sitting on a lot of such upublished work and its all making me nauseous. :) So, I am publishing my stories now. One after another. Hoping it resonates with someone somewhere somehow.
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Wonder Woman – Part 2
I have been sitting on this story for son long. A part 2 needs to be as good as the part 1, otherwise it ruins the whole story. So here's the Part 2 of the last love story I wrote. I cannot guarantee if I will write any more parts of it. I think we should leave it to our…
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The adventures of Princess Magma Ramanujam…
“In dreams we enter a world that’s entirely our own.” – (Albus Dumbledore) J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban She stood tall on the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, looking down at the twinkling lights of the bustling city that she loved so much. It was close to midnight and still the city of London wasn’t…
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Memoirs of Memories, 1 – Reminiscing a sunset…
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;I lift my lids and all is born again. – Sylvia Plath, Mad Girl’s Love Song My best friend asked me, “If you could back in time, to one moment.. where would you go?” So many memories rush into my mind- getting my first job, getting married or having our baby.…
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This is a love story… – Part 2
“Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.” – Sylvia Plath Present Day Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock… This was so annoying! Why would anyone have a giant white clock on the very white wall of their office? A regular-sized one could do the same job without grating on the nerves of anxious people waiting out here. As if…
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The art of singular art…
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas (1834-1917)’ “I am not an artist.” I grew up with this idea. I never thought that I was creative in any way. Sure my head was always in the clouds full of stories that I would write on multiple notepads, back of my biology notebooks…
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This is a love story… – Part 1
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing Shri was angry. Sitting inside her brand new hatchback, that she’d bought with her hard earned money, she was fuming. “How is this my life?”, she asked no one in particular. The reason for her consternation? The ill-fated call from her father. She should’ve let…
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The ‘Forest’ Less Traveled…
“No one will protect what they don’t care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced.” Sir David Attenborough We were on a trip back from Vienna when I realized the stark difference between the city and the countryside. As our train made its way through the thick pristine greenery of the typical European landscape, the…
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Stories on the move, Chapter 6 – The wrinkles of Annamarie
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.” – Mark Twain Wow! What an year… I feel that I have gone through a transformation and that I have lived a lifetime in these 11 months. Each experience I’ve had, every person that I met, every single song that I’ve heard and the places that I’ve visited. All of them have inspired…
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Stories on the move, Chapter 5 – Nostalgic Naaz
What happens when two strangers share an instant connection in a perfect little moment... Read and find out.. :)
