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The Meeting

The Meeting

8:00 AM Anand realizes that he has a meeting in another half an hour. Today he also needs to drop his daughter Anu to the school bus. “Anu, Anu!! Wake up its time for the school.” Anand hurriedly calls out. Anu reluctantly gets out of the bed and starts with “I don’t want to go school” as usual. Anand picks her up and goes through the morning chores quickly enough and gets Anu dressed up. A quick breakfast for her…

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Srini: Asteroid 99944

Srini: Asteroid 99944

Conference Room 1729, KGF, Bangalore, Circa 2118   Kolar Gold Fields have been recently resurrected by the Indian Entrepreneur Antriksh Shah who made his fortune in the hi-tech startup. He has bought all the remaining physical as well as the trademarks and branding. But he has been very secretive with what he wants to do with all these assets. Meanwhile Srini Asteroid 99944 is a Near Earth Object which will be travelling close to Earth’s vicinity in the year 2121. Scientists…

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Lali – A Short Story

Lali – A Short Story

Lali was about 6 months old and Bula’s father was telling him it’s time to let go Lali. Bula’s family had a cow and it gave birth to a calf and like any young one she was adorable. He thought that evolution does this is on purpose as the young one needs lots of support while growing up and by default one is adorable. Lali was full of energy and if one sets her free she will be jumping around,…

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The Color of Skin

The Color of Skin

The Color of Skin is a work of fiction . Names, characters, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental “Kaala hua to kya hua, Krishna bhagwan bhi to kaale the”  “What’s so big deal if he is dark, even God Krishna was dark” Amit used wonder why his blackness was always a discussion point. This…

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Misaligned Vectors

Misaligned Vectors

The alarm goes at 6 am in the morning and Rahul wakes up snoozes the alarm and it again fires up in another 10 mins. But this time he reluctantly gets up. Every weekday morning was more or less the same. Rahul quickly brushes and glances outside his balcony to get a feel of the traffic. The road outside the balcony get clogged in the morning many times and he can’t take his vehicle out from the parking itself. This…

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