It was a sweltering evening in Chennai. Wiping the trickling beads of sweat I waited patiently with my cart for business to kickstart. The fried miniature puris, fillings and myriad…
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“Screeeech! ” Sundari’s father applied the brakes as a herd of mooing cows crossed the road. The cows seemed to be in no hurry despite the repeated honks from the…
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Year 3000 The sky is a raging inferno harboring vicious storms. Every tree in the parched landscape is reduced to a skeletal silhouette against the somber landscape. The earth appears…
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After a long day at work in the new city, she is exhausted. Bone tired. She fixes herself a simple dinner, watches TV and retires to bed. As she tosses…
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“APPA! It’s blazing hot and to make matters worse there’s a power shut-down. Coming to the village during the summer vacation was a bad idea. You had promised to take…
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“Sundari, Sundari?” Sundari’s father searched for her inside every room. “Where is she? It’s so unlikely for her to wake up this early on a Sunday morning,” he thought. As…
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“Wake up, Clare! Wake up!” I hear Anna’s guiding voice constantly urging me to wake up. I would have never woken up if not for the voice. Every part of…
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“In thy pristine eyes I clearly see, A reflection that belongs to me, Hark! I belong to thee and only thee, All thy inhibitions, just break them free.” The…
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The mountains of Kodai looked mystically serene with a blanket of mist. Muthu’s tea stall was perched atop a rocky mountain. His business seemed to be enveloped in a…
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“I will not let you commit this heinous crime. Don’t you know that poaching is illegal? Better back off,” warned Munshilal, the forest guard, to Neil and Ramlal. “Ha Ha!…
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