Tag: short story

• Dustbin Dreams: a short story

  

  Maya was livid. It was that dustbin again. “It is there, on my mind, all the time,” she exclaimed. She had acquired a shrill pitch she gets every time she becomes anxious. One of perils of living in our particular government colony in New Delhi is that you cannot miss the indiscreetly placed dustbin. It…

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  22 Feb 2019

  Academic, Art, Books, Creative Writing, Education, Gender, Read, Story, Travel

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• Arcade Games

  

  There is a packet of cigarettes on your desk. It is a foreign brand; not the type I occasionally buy. It looks pristine; unlike the wrinkled characteristic everything I own acquires. My dilapidated house is the last in a row. I see the commercial plans and drawings on the easels. Everything has fine straight lines.…

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  22 Jan 2019

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  arcade, fiction, Games, growing, home, inheritance, longreads, short story, spaces, Story

• Musings after watching Pataakha

  

  I happened to chance upon Pataakha (PT) – the movie, which is now available on Amazon Prime. Vishal Bhardwaj is an immensely talented director, and PT did not disappoint. I gather that it did not perform well at the box-office, primarily due to the release of Sui Dhaaga (SD) during the same time. SD had bigger stars…

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  29 Dec 2018

  Audience, Bollywood, Customer Review, Film, Gender, Story

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• Read my Short Story

  

  Okay, so, this happened, and also that I missed the voting dates but anyhow – go read – and anyway vote for me…  will provide me small joys! https://www.fantastischgenre.eu/fantastic-stories/ – lots of love and light! This is the story I wrote: click here Genre: fantasy, short story Topic: royalty  

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  17 Mar 2018

  Art, Comics, microblogging, Story

  aghori obsessed, caste, diversity, dutch comic con short story competition, fantasy genre, have you talked about caste lately, is color skin deep, lighten up, priveledge, representation, short story, the pigment predicament, theme royalty, what about color, who are you talking to?