The Forest Path
With the passing of her beloved grandmother, Maya visits her old , familiar place and comes to term with her grief.
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Jesmal Jalal
Oct 23, 20213 min read
The Night Sky
Winner - TGCA - 1. A brief anthology of different lives connected under a similar theme yet utterly disparate in their respective moments.
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anjali mohapatra
Oct 9, 20212 min read
Memories of Mangoes
A short story about a road trip and a flash of emotions, triggered by mangoes.
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anjali mohapatra
Aug 26, 20214 min read
Mom's Analogy
A short story of an ages old argument. A mother convinces her young son of the need for culture and tradition using an apt analogy.
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Sangeetha Vallat
Aug 25, 20212 min read
All is fair...
A short story of a married couple with a deception of over a decade and an unexpected ending.
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anjali mohapatra
Aug 25, 20215 min read
Impact
A teacher reminisces about how she tackled a tricky question in her biology class for 9th graders.
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Chandrika R Krishnan
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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
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 19, 20212 min read
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, 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
Dec 13, 20206 min read
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
Oct 25, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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anjali mohapatra
Sep 29, 20203 min read
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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anjali mohapatra
Sep 29, 20208 min read
Understanding!
Understanding! Samarth, the first Indian to get a million dollars cash prize for his fine art. This was his welcome ceremony. The gallery...
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anjali mohapatra
Sep 29, 20203 min read
The flow of 'Time'..
It was a Friday morning, 7:30a.m. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked an uber. In five minutes, the uber reached at the...
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anjali mohapatra
Sep 29, 20206 min read
Silence!!
It was lunch break. I leaned back for ten seconds on my rocking chair. Perhaps, I was totally exhausted with continuous phone talk with...
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anjali mohapatra
Sep 29, 20208 min read
A beautiful way of encouragement!
It was still raining. The bright light of the day, had already faded into twilight, welcoming the darkness that was ready to engulf the...
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