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The Kitty Party
By Madhavi Hadker in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 449 | Likes: 0
Tring! The alarm rang at 6:30 a.m. and Mrs. Sona Butani woke up with great excitement. The bed creaked under her massive weight. On other days, she preferred to laze around till 7:15 until Sadhana, the ‘kaamwali’ ( domestic helper) got piping, hot tea for her in bed. But, today was a dif  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:20 PM
Acid Attack
By Madhavi Hadker in True Story | Reads: 723 | Likes: 0
Tring! The alarm rang at exactly 6:45 am and Anand woke up almost immediately. He yawned, turned lazily in his bed and reached out to switch off the alarm bell. Then, he pulled the bed covers up to his chin, enjoying the warmth of the bed for a few minutes. He glanced at Radha, his kid sister who la  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:21 PM
Can you forgive your enemy?
By Madhavi Hadker in General Literary | Reads: 520 | Likes: 0
Dr Ajinkya was a renowned E.N.T. (Ear, nose and throat) specialist, working in a prestigious hospital in Juhu. His wife Reema, worked as a school counsellor and over the weekends, she took Public Speaking classes. The doctor was kind, very patient and had a calm personality. By contrast, Reema was v  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:24 PM
Sky and the Land
By Kiran Panda in Fantasy | Reads: 641 | Likes: 1
Everyday when the Sky see the Land, he feel so hsppy. He said, "I wish, i  can touch the land and enjoy her beautiful ground. At such a high she is looking so small." Land also think something when she look at the Sky. She said, "The sky is so lucky. He can look everything and live a lop of Ear  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:25 PM
An embarrassing evening
By Madhavi Hadker in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 1,558 | Likes: 0
Since my parents had gone out of town for a few days; I had gone to stay with my grand-parents, during  the summer holidays. They lived in a pretty village outside Poona. I was very fond of my grand-father. He was a kind-hearted person and always took me on long walks in the countryside. The ar  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:25 PM
26th July 2005
By Madhavi Hadker in True Story | Reads: 405 | Likes: 0
My friends, we are all aware of that terrible day, the 26th of July, 2005, when Mumbai experienced a horrifying episode of heavy rains! At that time, I was working as a teacher in a prestigious Residential School in Ooty. However, just three days ago, I had a terrible fall on the school campus itsel  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:27 PM
Catch me if you can
By Madhavi Hadker in True Story | Reads: 586 | Likes: 0
Thirteen-year-old Daniel was a tall and strong boy, with raven, black hair and twinkling, black eyes. He was academically brilliant and had constantly stood first in his class, since his first grade. The young lad had made his school proud too - by bagging many gold medals in Inter-school swimming c  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:27 PM
Depression the demon
By Ajeeb_kahani in True Story | Reads: 371 | Likes: 0
I thought writing is better option than crying at 2AM.Thoughts of self-distortion are becmae too frequent to me. Hence from where the Feelings of belongingness ends my story starts, The story of Demon.  Everybody suggested me to share my feelings, to share what is going inside me but nobody,not  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:28 PM
Avinash
By Madhavi Hadker in True Story | Reads: 711 | Likes: 0
Although it was a Sunday, I woke up early feeling fresh and enthusiastic. It had been drizzling since early morning and I sat in the balcony, enjoying a cup of hot, ginger tea. The telephone rang just then and I was really pleased to hear my best friend Pallavi’s voice. “Hi Madhu, I know  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:28 PM
Riding my broom stick but I am no witch!
By Anjali Gupta in General Literary | Reads: 634 | Likes: 7
Wouldn’t be able to deny it entirely, now that the Corona Virus has literally ensured that most of the ladies, at least in India are riding broomsticks. I am too. With the morning call, not of the cock-a-doodle-do but the gentle humming of the water pumping motor, I jump out of bed and in one   Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:32 PM
Waiting Forever
By Baisakhi Bhattacharya in Poetry | Reads: 322 | Likes: 1
Waiting for you, all alone in the dark,Under the moonlight, with flowers in my hand, wearing a white gown...A soft wind blowing...Trees rustling...Stars twinkling...Hoping that you will return to me someday...Till then I will stay right here standing still...waiting for you...Waiting...And waiting..  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:34 PM
Love
By Prithviraj Chauhan in Poetry | Reads: 475 | Likes: 1
"Flowers of love... has blossomed once again, Graceful smile of yours..  has absorbed all my pain, Some say love is a waste of time, Some say love is an unforgivable crime, If loving you is a crime.... Then I'll do it again and again."  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:38 PM
Sweet Memories
By Reena Gupta in Poetry | Reads: 694 | Likes: 10
You have taken Your last leap Like the autumn leaves Fall from the trees They move with the wind Across the open field They twirl and dance And leave behind The trail of colourful memories An empty space for new life But the scent of past Will remain forever The touch and feel Will never fade away Y  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:45 PM
Change
By Avaya Kumar Panda in Poetry | Reads: 319 | Likes: 1
Change is a natural phenomenon,  Everything is changing,  The world is changing,  The human is changing by it's behavior and attitude,  But is our nature changing,  No, even it's changing it's very very slow.  We expect others to change,  But we forgot to change ou  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:50 PM
Highway
By Avaya Kumar Panda in Poetry | Reads: 262 | Likes: 1
Highway,it serves us in many way, Providing better transport and communications,with better highways, Distance is not a problem for the generations. Connecting mountains,rivers and people, Without highways communications cripple. It's necessity makes it inseparable, Don't make it's condition deplora  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 02:58 PM
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