So
this is my post after what seems like forever. It isn't that I don't want to,
but procrastination has always been my biggest enemy. Anyways I did manage
to write five (really) short stories for this wonderful blog managed by @vivekisms. It
was a Flipkart contest that introduced the blog to me and I was amazed to see
the response the blog evoked. There were people submitting stories every day
waiting for the theme of the day to be tweeted. Without further delay, let me
post below the five stories I sent in.
Space
In
the prime of youth, sitting in solitary confines, she had whispered to me -
"Come closer" - and the space between us had vanished in a moment.
Now, trudging along the path of adulthood, heavyhearted and weary, I seek
refuge in her, and she says - "I need my personal space".
Relationships
As
I stood before him disappointed at the turn of events, he was his usual silent
self. Despite my attempts at making this relationship work, I was uncertain
about its future and wondered if I ever held any significance to him. I went
home, logged on to Facebook and changed my religion to atheism.
Decadence
Seated
on a dingy hotel sofa, phone in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, he
watched their lissome naked bodies entwine temptingly. “Love you. Talk to you later”,
he said as he disconnected the call, emptied the wine glass over the two
exquisite beauties on offer and threw himself between them.
Words
As
the cameras flashed to capture glimpses of the fastest man on earth, he could
hear his mother’s words when he had collapsed in her arms, crying over taunts
that he was too weak to walk. Far away, sitting before a television set, an old
woman mumbled – I told you, you were born to run.
Magic
He
took his father’s frail hands and walked him to the lone bench in the hospital
compound.
The
old man’s eyes gleamed as he looked up at the clear night sky.
“What
are they?”
“Stars.”
“How
do they shine?”
“Long
ago, you told me it’s magic”, he replied.
“Magic
indeed”, his father nodded approvingly.
Based
on the response I received on Twitter, I can proudly say
'magic' and 'decadence' stories were much appreciated.
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5 comments:
Awesome, each one is deep and yet short.
Thanks Ravi. I'm surprised that someone actually read my blog. :)
superb sanoop,, the idea is unique and the relationship and facebook one is nice..
Thanks Ruchi. Just wondering how you came along my blog. :)
Awesome man! I just loved them so much !!!!! :)
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