Raised voices, angered expressions and bitter complaints. There were too many words spoken to make any sense. I, who always agreed, disagreed. She, who always understood, misunderstood. It was a rotten phone call. In utter confusion and helplessness of unexplained gestures; I asked her, “don’t you trust me?” And that’s when silence struck like a thunderbolt; the [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Warsaw, Poland. August 1944. “Mikolaj. I am Mikol …” I overheard a gunshot as a bullet interrupted this introduction. Those words just died in that bitter cold and shivering echo of the gun shot. From behind a camouflaged corner of the room where I cowardly sheltered my fearing, trembling legs, I sneaked out and watched myself falling [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Aik Musaafir Dhool se baney baadlon pe baitha Soch raha hei Laakhon meel jitney din guzar gaey us se miley Us ne kaha tha Kal Milein Gei “Wok al kab aaey ga? Kitney saarey dinon ke baad” Is pe us ne Narm Haathon se Aik halki se Khamoshi rakh di thi Wohi khamoshi liye Ab talak ghoomta hon mein Us ne kaha tha Mera aitabaar karma “Aitbaar tau hei Phir aisa kyoon?” Is [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
“Excuse me sir” Slater yelled at a faded shadow at the far corner of the bridge, ready to leap into the soundless river below. “Officer, don’t come close; I am tired, let me jump. Today is the end of it all.” Constable Slater took his torch out and threw light on the shadow and watched it disappear [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
“You have beautiful eyes”, she heard a soft but profound voice of a man who seemed to have traveled a lot, knowing many places, people and dialects. Even though she didn’t like the intrusion while she was out shopping for shades, she garnished a smile onto her lips and turned around, “thank you”, she uttered as [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
He was rolling in his mother’s lap when she told him that he is the future king of the animal world; the jungle is his kingdom. He felt proud when he came to know that he would rule every animal in his kingdom. “Every animal, big or small, strong or weak, will respect and obey you [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
It didn’t know how to fly. A dry yellow leaf wandered across the aged bridge; how it got there, it didn’t know. Every time a car would pass by; the leaf would whoosh after it with a hint of a flight but then will fall back on the cold concrete. He didn’t know how to swim. A tired [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Furnace smoke, dirty clothes and a stinking breath littered with the smell of cheap cigarettes was all her days were filled with. “God damn your soul, you little useless woman, whatever you cook tastes like meal from hell” it was a trademark compliment she would often get from her husband who couldn’t tell the difference between [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Bricks, sand, steel and the deafening sounds of dreadful machines; as far back as she could remember that’s how her life had become. Her feet had long forgotten the soft feel of a pair of comfortable shoes or even remotely fashionable sandals; her only comfort was that wooden plateau that would bend a fraction to take [...]
Saturday, July 19, 2008
She danced like a wild mare. Her bare feet moved on that solid cold floor unwillingly and unintentionally, out of sheer habit of tapping on the beat of some provocative music. Her hands flickered in asymmetrical motion slitting that thick air filled with cigarette smoke and smell of cheap alcohol. She danced scarcely clad, with her [...]
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