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Stories from the Kal Bench

April 15, 2010

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  Touching the Sky Far away from the bustling traffic of Bangalore, deep in the heart of Nandini Layout, sat a huge piece of land which was cut into two by a green fence. On one side lay lush green grass with well grown bushes strategically planted on them. A small board stood between them […]

Irony

November 28, 2009

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The below story was selected as one of BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday pick. Recognition in any form feels great, and this one along with the fellow blogger’s comments has been the sweetest of them all. Lying on the hospital bed, he looked at his injured leg. It had been ten days and there still lingered a […]

The Living Dead

November 25, 2009

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The plan was drawn, the task was explained. Ten years of training would be put to test in the next few days. They were the chosen ones for the holy task. Twenty years of their existence in this world and all they had gathered was hatred. All they listened to was hatred. Sixty years had […]

I Remember

November 17, 2009

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I paced around the hospital corridor, waiting for the doctor to come out of the room.My wife was inside the room, and I knew she was in pain.I sat on the hospital bench in the corridor. It had been five years of our marriage and six years of knowing her. I still felt we had […]

Heroes in the Crowd

October 29, 2009

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The news of the blasts had just reached us. The television was switched on, and all of us watched it in silence trying to come in terms with the situation, trying to convince ourselves that our near and dear ones were safe. Approximate figures flashed on the screen ‘More than a hundred dead, more than […]

CM’s coming

October 14, 2009

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This post is a chapter from a book i hope and dream to finish. I have changed it a little to suit the blog readers. Please do let me know of your thoughts. My village Bagamandala was already abuzz with the news of CM visiting the village to offer prayers at a temple in the […]

Within those walls

October 6, 2009

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I stand there looking at it, I stand there thinking. What is within those walls of the building? Why are so many people running towards the building? I stand there wondering, why do they all come here every single day? Most of their life they look to be spending trapped within those walls, yet they […]

The Indian Dream

September 30, 2009

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This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 3; the third edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.   I stood there thinking, I stood there concentrating all I could see was […]

Escape from Prison – The Plot

September 30, 2009

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If you reading this blog for the first time, I suggest you read the “Perfect Plan” story and then start with this, as this a continuation of that story. Escape from Prison – The Plot Exactly twenty days had passed since Tanya paid me a visit, and since then every minute was spent thinking of […]

Perfect Plan

September 29, 2009

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The plan was hatched, the moves were made. I sat there on the couch, mentally preparing myself for the one last move. Check mate my friend were the thoughts running in my head. It was the perfect plan, no loops, no witness, one cold blooded murder and one happy couple. Exactly a year back, he […]