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Weekly Contest #83
“Be quiet, let Korbo not hear you,” said grandma Munshika to her grandchildren as she lit the Night Lamp.It was nearly midnight. The children in her thatched hut were difficult to contain.“At 80, I have to handle two children! Oh Korbo, what did I do to deserve this?,” Grandma Munshika could be often heard when things got tough around the house. She didn’t really mean it of course.The village of Nangria located on the banks of river Korbo is supposedly the oldest in eastern India. Around 50 houses dot the village; there could have been more ...
Weekly Contest #82
Mother was buried, as was her wish. Our culture expected us to cremate the body to free the soul. But she wanted to nourish the earth. Her body, she had said, must feed the plants that feed the animals and birds; the soul can wait.And so we drove to our family ranch, 100 km from Kochi city, chose a spot close to the oldest tree and dug seven feet. She didn’t want a coffin either; she didn’t want to waste time. "We should at least put a mark," said my sister Rohini. I looked at the fresh soil, brown and wet, that now covered our mot...
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