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CHILLING WITH MY DOG (THE DUDE)
My dog and I are chilling in my room on a dark rainy evening. His name is Dude, probably inspired from Coen Brothers’ classic The Big Lebowski. So, we are having a conversation as we can’t just go outside as it’s pouring like hell. So, we decided to just chill on my couch in my…
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THE MOON AND BEYOND
The Moon kept revolving around the earth day and night without caring about anything. The Sun would always advise her to stop for a moment and take a break, but she wouldn’t. She would reply, had she stopped, she wouldn’t be able to survive as the Earth was her soulmate; that the Earth was her…
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THE CLUELESS PHYSICIST
Since when he was a child, Alex had cultivated a deep curiosity and understanding towards the study of physics and how it governs the entire universe with some complex mathematical equations. How the universe as a whole bears with itself an aura of mystery around it, often amazed him with awe and utter surprise. Gradually…
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THE HOUSEWIFE
The cycle continues over and over again like that of a mouse trapped inside the wheel that runs all the time. Wake up. Clean the house and the floors. Wash the dishes. Do some yoga to remain slim and fit so that your husband doesn’t get ashamed of you for being fat and chubby; so…
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ALIVA
There she is. Standing right in front of me putting on a white skirt-like dress with pink stripes on, she looks out of the world; another kind of beauty that I haven’t seen until now; a kind of beauty that you once put your eyes on, you just don’t want to look back anywhere except…
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THE MISERY OF GOD
You pray me everyday but you haven’t understood me yet, because if you had, you wouldn’t be praying me right now. Praying for your father, mother and husband’s safety and sound health, you always come when you need me. You always come to me for nothing but for some selfish desire and demand of yours. …
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The Short Story of a Writer
I kept writing continuously without any break to bring down on paper all the emotional outbursts elevating within me like the larvae that is ready to erupt from a volcano. I kept writing not to inspire or influence anyone; not to make anyone happy or sad; not to give any readers any sense of comfort…
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The Longing Within
Her husband was getting back from the devastating war after one long year. And he finally put his feet on his hometown with a hint of smile on his worn out and drained face that had lost all its charm and light in the horrors of the war, yet he managed to bear a smile…
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Movie Recommendation: Paprika
Paprika is a 2006 surreal/fantasy anime film that just pushed me into the world of obscure and absurd dreams. It’s a film that doesn’t require from its viewers the attempt to understand it; instead to experience the journey or the overall cinematic experience. Paprika directed by Satoshi Kon blurs the bridge between reality and fantasy.…
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Ad For A Ghost Hunter
(Published In The Times Of Nothing, Halloween Edition) Experienced ghost-hunters are invited from registered, reputed and experienced Ghost-hunting Agencies/ Firms/ Individuals for the following purposes. 1) Catching the stupid and nonsense ghosts lurking around in our colony in the open daylight. (I called them stupid as I think ghosts must show up at night, right?…