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Weekly Contest #80
“Rajiv! Rajiv! Come inside and have a bath. We have to go to the meeting,” shouted Geeta as she called her son from his afternoon game of street cricket with his friends. “It’s early…why do we have to go so soon?” asked the boy. “Well, there’s going to be a huge crowd there and I want to make sure we get a good place.” Grumbling at having to abandon his game halfway and listen to the groans of his teammates, Rajiv went for his bath sullenly. By the time, Geeta had prepared her husband’s evening tea and laid it out on the table it was 4.30 p....
Weekly Contest #79
Looking back on that winter afternoon, it seemed like a scene straight out of a story. I heard the ping on my laptop and paused the Netflix movie I was watching to check my mail. It was from an unknown sender. Though I never open mail from unknown people something prompted me to open this. Boy! Was I in for a surprise! From: Navroz Patel, Longwood Shola, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris Madam. It is with deep regret we inform you about the death of your uncle Jasper Jeevaratnam. It was his wish that you, being the sole surviving member of his family,...
Weekly Contest #78
The Joy of Knitting By Nimi Kurian Aalia had recently discovered the joys of knitting. Now she could not stop. She knitted all the time – while watching television, eating, sometimes even in bed. When invited to coffee mornings or parties, she brought along her knitting. It was getting tiresome to see her balance her needles and wine glass while extolling the virtues of her recently acquired hobby. “Aalia has become quite the bore hasn’t she?” asked Shirley, Aalia’s neighbour. She bore the brunt of the monologues. Shirley and Munira w...
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