Born Again

She looked up at the hospital. Everything was white in color, right from the high ceiling to the doctors’ coats and the socks the nurses wore. She then looked at herself, the only dirty spot in the hospital now. “Filth”, her mom had exclaimed after she learned that her daughter was not one but two [...]

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Problem solver

“Come in”
“Good morning, doctor. My name is Kalpana”
“What can I do for you? My secretary told me that you had called to enquire when I would come and also about my therapy sessions”
“Yes, doctor, I have a lot of problems”
“Well, go on….”
“How do I start? Arun and Sheela have started fighting again. This after so [...]

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Smile….

“So what did my little girl do today?”
 
“I went to the park, appa. I played on the swings, and the slide for some time. Then I started watching people and observing them”
 
“Do you do that a lot, Ammu?”
 
“Yes, appa. And today, especially there was a young lady and man who were very sad. Though [...]

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A Perfect Husband

He entered the house with mixed feelings. He had come here a lot of times to have a drink though his friend’s wife didnt like it. A pretty woman, no doubt, but a nag. She had always been after her hubby and even though Raghu was well off, she always wanted more. But now she [...]

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Baesh Baesh – III

Part 1 is over here
Part 2 is over here
Everything went on quite well. Suppini was in a very comfortable job, and Sita was also going very strong. Before long, Vaithu (their son) turned one and it was time to take him to their Family deity’s temple for the ceremony. Vaithu was turning out to be [...]

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Baesh Baesh – II

Part 1 is over here
 
Suppini had reservations….. not at her place, but about going to her place. Maybe it was the lure of coffee, maybe it was her or maybe it was both, the next Saturday saw him going to Sita’s place. As he pressed the bell, a range of questions went through his mind [...]

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Baesh Baesh – I

She looked at him in exasperation as they mulled over the problem they had. The more they thought of it, the more morose they became. They had tried all possible suggested solutions, but none was useful. Suffice to say that, they were at their wit’s end.
Oops, but sorry for plonking you in the middle of [...]

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Broken Routine

He was sitting in the office, doing his routine job. He had become institutionalized. Come to office, start the job, monitor the same, have lunch, continue the morning work, have a cup of tea, and finally leave the office at 1800 hrs. So it was a bit of a surprise that he got a call [...]

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Free Ride

“At last”, he sighed as he typed the mail confirming the work he had done. He re checked the mail and sent it. He looked at the time. It was 11 PM. He thought of taking the company cab, but decided against it as he needed the car the next day. The security guy wished him as [...]

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Inheritance

He watched in fascination as his dad took out the packet, opened it, emptied the contents in his left palm, threw away the packet and started rolling the contents in his left palm to a small ball. He ran to the spot where his dad threw the packet and read the title loud just as [...]

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