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The truth about setbacks

So you had a setback? Congratulations. I am not crazy, I really mean it. Though they tend to have depressing effects, setbacks are a necess...

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Saturday, 15 November 2014

Next stop, destiny

Image Courtesy: Charuhas Acharya @ A glimpse of paradise
He received the news. His beloved was giving birth to a baby, his baby.
Standing at the crossroads in life, he thought about his destiny; his country’s fight against injustice.
He’d escaped jaws of death, time and again.
Death couldn't stop his destiny.Would life succeed where death had failed?

      Word count: 50
 

Linking this to the Fiction Challenge ‘From 15 to 50′ November 2014


Sunday, 13 July 2014

A drop of water


Water is the driving force of all nature- Leonardo da Vinci

She was living her dream in a beautiful city and an adorable house, only if it weren’t for water supply shortage.
She stared at the dirty dishes in the sink wishing for the faucet to flow continuously.
She should have dreamed something different like life on the sea―a gorgeous yatch, her hair blowing in the wind, dancing waves.
Her reverie broke when she realised, she couldn’t use that water either.
Life would be just the same, beautiful yet empty.


Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Mirror, mirror on the wall

She smiled at the mirror and waved at her reflection. The reflection waved back at her.
The smile froze on her lips when she realized that both were waving their right hand.
 - Acharya K. A

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