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Category: Long Read (5 min)

Two Lost Souls (Short Story)

Posted on 28th February 201917th April 2020 by Maya Bhat

Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Miranda. She was very fond of books. Wherever she saw a book, she would pick it up and start reading. She was just 18 and owned a magical library of 20,000 books that she had read all her life. She was a magical reader. Her family…

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Because… the rain hurts (Short story)

Posted on 7th September 201814th September 2018 by Maya Bhat

‘Sneha Nilayam‘ : It was a cloudy day. Rukmini was busy in the kitchen preparing neyyappam. It was the first thing Sanvi asked for whenever she came to meet her grandparents. Sanvi was a sweet little girl who turned 7 few days back. Every year she celebrates her birthday with her grandparents, Ramesh and Rukmini….

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First salary (Short Story)

Posted on 26th June 201826th June 2018 by Maya Bhat

It’s been 4 years Ajay graduated from the most reputed college in his city. He didn’t know whether to call it his fate or bad luck that he was not yet able to find a decent job for his living. He was fed up of the constant taunts from his family and friends. The song…

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My Grandmother had a Blog (Short story)

Posted on 25th June 201830th June 2018 by Maya Bhat

Smrithi lived with her parents in Bangalore. She loved visiting her maternal Grandmother during vacation. Her Grandmother, Arundhathi lived in Ujire, a small town in Karnataka. She was a lady of knowledge. Whenever Smrithi visited her, she learned many new things. She always admired her Grandmother. Smrithi was badly waiting to finish off her 12th…

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The side effects of Independence (Short Story)

Posted on 24th June 201825th June 2018 by Maya Bhat

“Anu, let’s have a skype call today. It’s been months we didn’t see you.” Anu was trying her maximum to avoid video calls with her family these days. “Mamma, I have a presentation today. I am already late. We can do it next week, ok?” Her mother was not ready to give up this time….

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I wish I never knew it (Short Story)

Posted on 31st January 201829th May 2018 by Maya Bhat

I had a habit of writing diary in my early childhood days. Today I found one of my diaries while cleaning the room. It was the one which had the most precious page that I wrote 30 years back. I exactly remember what I wrote that day. Yet, I stopped by to read it again….

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Freedom @ 60 (Short story)

Posted on 19th January 201819th January 2018 by Maya Bhat

Avantika was back from her evening walk and found the house locked. She never took her phone when she went out for the evening walk. Param had left a note for her which said “I will be back in half an hour. Please collect the key from Mrs. Prabhu.” Mr and Mrs Prabhu were new…

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The midnight beep (Short Story)

Posted on 6th January 201817th July 2018 by Maya Bhat

It was already 2 am. Manushi was more than exhausted meeting her monthly deadline. Sameer and Supriya were in their deepest sleep. Manushi was trying hard to fill in her career gap of four years. Getting comfortable with the latest tax rates and rules demanded much of her time. Sameer supported her whole heartedly and…

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An unread Autobiography

Posted on 6th January 201820th June 2018 by Maya Bhat

I still remember, it was a day before the new year eve. I was sitting in Mr. Roy’s shop in a holiday mood. Mr.Roy was setting things to close the shop and go home to have the new year celebration. I knew Mr.Roy since one year.Earlier he used to close his shop at sharp 5…

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