Something… I am seeking for
Something stops me,
when I try to love something else.
Something stops me,
when I start getting interest in it.
Something stops me,
to imagine my future with it.
But..
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Rati’s Write-ups
The Man Who Was Bond
I saw Ruskin Bond sitting at the airport. My heart skipped a beat, adrenaline rushed to my cheeks, mind tossed upside down, and I googled him to check whether he was really Ruskin Bond or not. I walked past him craning my neck to see what he was doing. And, oh my god, he was
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A Pregnant Goat
My cousin Madhu came running one afternoon, shouting ‘Look, there’s a miracle! A goat is pregnant. She doesn’t lay eggs!’ The elder members laughed and showed no eagerness, but she didn’t care about them. The only one she wanted to show the miracle was me. She grabbed my hand and dragged me to our neighbor’s house. We were on holidays to our native place. It was a village where all people lived
with their cattle.
Rapunzel’s Hair
Something like that happened to me the other day.
I was in the first standard, barely five or six years old and was watching TV at my friend’s house. She was the same age of mine and lived next door.
Never So Perfect…
Never So Perfect … -by Rati J. ‘Oh come on. You have to come with me. We are invited as a happy couple. We are supposed to give inspiration to the audience there.’ Mr. Rakesh Bhandari said to his wife who was standing with a diary in her hand. ‘Don’t you understand that I have
The Last Teardrop
Kanira returned from her husband’s funeral and declared a month’s holiday to all the servants in the mansion. The bankers, car insurance officers and police-men who were waiting for her arrival, took her signatures and left. Loss of her husband at such an early age was a blow to her… After all… car accidents may occur at any time!
The Night of Stars
It was a Sunday night award function. The lights sparkled like stars everywhere. Red carpet was spread on the floor. Cameras busy in capturing style and posture, attitude and reactions. I was nominated…
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