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Commodity
“Choose… and select!” he spoke like a straightforward salesman. “They are beautiful and… and so many of them,” the possible customer replied with thrilled eyes. “Yep, this is what mine is famous for, if not for the actual job,” he smirked. “What about the red one?” “Where?” “Your 3 o’clock; the one in the center……
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Faculty Error
I still remember that day. About six years ago, when my English teacher got diagnosed with the Big C. Or at least when she announced it to the principal of my school, requesting an indefinite leave. The news had “brought a blanket of gloom over us,” or at least those were the words used by…
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New Robbers In Town
It was few months ago that I learned about this establishment. I am that guy, who while waiting for a bus or a train, takes a gander at all those flyers stuck carelessly on the walls, posts and where-not promising 10K to 40K for data entry jobs which you can also manage from home; I…
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How To Receive A Person Distributing Flyers
Last day, after shopping at a supermarket when I walked out of the exit, a petite girl, possibly delving in her late teens, handed me a cyan-tinted flyer. Not because the single 4-rupee bag carrying munchies was heavy, I flashed her my left palm suggesting a “NO.” She frowned. It is with her gloomy face…
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The Horror Of Errors
“Are you that dumb to not follow what we’ve been telling since the first day of exams?” the voice sounded effeminate. I looked up to my right to see the person I had a bad memory of. Two students, sitting in front & rear seats from me, & elder to me by both physique &…
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A Theater Habit
Last day I booked three tickets for the largely hyped Hollywood space drama film “Gravity” at an INOX Cinema (formerly FAME Cinemas) through an online portal. Not only was the 3D excellent, but the film also was worth the price. I rated it 10/10 here! And guess what, the 3D goggles cost me nothing. Everything…
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I Once Named A Cyclone & Felt Acutely Bad About It
It is November 2013. The name was Rena. And it caused more than a thousand casualties. Although it was a dream which I now wish should never come true, I glanced at the headlines of TOI and instead of inducing jubilance, it worked against the purpose. People in the eastern-most outskirts of India and beyond…