Letscommune

On entering the house after 48 hours, Akhilesh was welcomed by the fresh smell of the passion flower & rose from his balcony. His 1BHK in Malviya Nagar has been done with utmost love & perfection. He has handpicked everything: be it the flower pots or the furniture. Each furniture was of low height and in sync with the wall colours, the best of the lot being the Japanese dining table placed near the balcony, at a place from where he could sit and watch the open sky. He had to pay a hefty deposit for this house, for getting such a place in Delhi was a dream of many. But, not all were Akhilesh! A smile came on his lips as he recalled the efforts invested behind this small piece of property. He ran his fingers through his long hair and scanned through the room. He has painted the walls with utmost care and each stroke reflected his perfection. Though he has picked up some chicken tandoori and roti from the shop downstairs, he had no appetite. Keeping his shoes on the rack,

It was becoming customary for Hiya to steal some time for herself at this hour of the evening. With a strong mug of coffee in her hand, she stood in her terrace, looking past the horizon. All through her life, she has been a sorted daughter, wife, daughter-in-law and a conventional professional. But, recently Hiya has started feeling endangered. Her disciplined, analytical and systematic life has been slipping out of her hands, recently. Since last 6 months, her thoughts were not in her control and her actions were against her principles. She vividly remembers the 1 st time she has seen the baby, her baby, her son. That was a moment of numbness: the last drop of emotion was somehow quenched out of her. For a second, she had sensed a drop of tear near the corner of her left eye. But, later on she had reconfirmed to herself that it was just her delusion. Love… what an insignificant expression. She doesn’t love her son. They don’t love their son.   Their feeling for their son wa

Ankita had already finished her 1 st drink and was sitting tight   fidgeting with her tissue and fighting her random thoughts. May be she shouldn’t have reached Olypub so early. The rendezvous was at 6:00 pm and it was just 5:00 by her watch, which left her with an hour of time to be killed.   This made her nervous because no matter how hard she might tried, the thoughts   safely locked in her sub conscious seemed to just gush back to the stream of consciousness . She tried hard to concentrate on the restructuring of this heritage bar, on the crowd chilling there or on the old cashier who still sulks by the counter but with no success . A few years back, this was the only bar which permitted smoking inside the restaurant, but today Ankita could sense that people had to go out of the cozy doors for a fag. Unlike the good old days, the AC was pretty chilling. The smell of the Premium Eau di cologne mingled with the cigarettes and drinks created a charismatic aroma. Even the smell of

I sometimes wonder how many more rejections are awaiting me before I can follow my dreams. I am not a born writer, but the constant rejections are making me feel that I am not worth writing a single line. Writing is no mode of escape for me; it is something I really enjoy doing. However hard I might try, my write ups do not find value in the market. Is it a sign from God that I am born to be a slave of someone else? I do not know! What I know is I cannot lose hope. Each one of us is a born fighter and I will have to fight if I want to succeed. I will rise up and look straight into the eyes of failure if I want to succeed. One moment I motivate myself but the very next moment I feel so burden and lost. The mind plays weird games with me. I know nothing comes easy. In the current scenario, easy success would have been sticking to my current organization and finding ways of success here. But, like always I have chosen to unravel a different path. A path not excavated by me ever earl

Suddenly in Class XI, thanks to the tuition classes; got a free exposure to the world beyond New Graphite colony. Finding the correct tuition was not a challenge as we followed the market ratings and trend. But the major challenge was to find out health, cozy eateries for the stop-gap between two classes. After all, an empty stomach can never support a rigorous schedule. Some of the options were Nimai’s stall, Arambagh and Ramji’s fuchka. But, very soon we got bored with these few options and we craved for more. That is when came this enlightening savior: Paramounts. It was one of its kind in our small town which served us with patties, pizzas, cakes and all could be savored while soothing our eyes on the beautiful emotional cards and gifts. The main attraction of this shop was not the confectionaries but the heartwarming love cards. It might have been just a shop, but for me: It was my den for all moods; be it happiness, sadness or loneliness. Standing at this place, we have creat