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My Short Story - 28-08-2007, 02:55 PM

Whoa!
Having spent close to 3 years on PG now, i see this fabulous thread NOW!!?? Shame on me.

Anyways,
i had written this story for a short-story writing competition in our company. It has been forwarded a lot (even to other IT comps and some ppl have even mailed back to me. Hope u puys like it



The Stranger

She was getting engaged.
And all I could do was stand by and applaud along with all. I didn’t dare open my mouth for fear of saying something stupid.
Something like “I love you”.
I remembered the other day when she had come to me with red eyes. Her “best friend” was going away. It had never mattered to me that her best friend was a guy. I thought I was above such things. But her tears awoke the sin of jealousy in my heart. Fighting it, I had consoled her and given her chocoloates to eat. She proceeded to rest her head in the crook of my arm. And promptly fell asleep. I chuckled at her baby-like innocence.
But now, as I applauded, I felt something stabbing at my heart. Again.

She was getting married.
I saw her come down the stairs decked out in her bridal finery. Never before had I seen her looking this beautiful. I saw her taking the seven rounds around the sacred fire with the man I had come to hate, holding his hand. I saw her exchanging garlands with him.
She was a total stranger to me now.
I was standing near the car when they both came over to me. I wondered what they wanted. I wondered how to say farewell to the departed.
Nevertheless, as my daughter and son-in-law touched my feet, I blessed them. She was crying openly. I told her not to worry. That I’ll always be here.
She responded by hugging me.
And I could not stop the tears any more.








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Re: My Short Story - 28-08-2007, 03:04 PM

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Whoa!
Having spent close to 3 years on PG now, i see this fabulous thread NOW!!?? Shame on me.

Anyways,
i had written this story for a short-story writing competition in our company. It has been forwarded a lot (even to other IT comps and some ppl have even mailed back to me. Hope u puys like it

The Stranger

She was getting engaged.
And all I could do was stand by and applaud along with all. I didn’t dare open my mouth <<<<<<<.....................................>>>>>>>>
She responded by hugging me.
And I could not stop the tears any more.

Hey somname,
Good story dude!!
u anywyz kno wat a person wud think of while reading this story..
the sudden twist ws a good surprise tho!
Keeep writing

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kids story - 30-08-2007, 03:18 PM

an attempt to look at the life of a bipolar kid suffering from severe delusions of granduer, he is perhaps so lonely, its driving him to the boundaries of sanity. whats worse is that he's interested in philosophy.
he's been taking very strong drugs prescribed by some psychologist, that make his eyeballs sink deep into their sockets , and his inability to focus at anything at all doesnt let him sleep. he's incontinent.
need someone to tell me whats wrong in this, particularly since my company's editor rejected it saying it was "haywire". sad. . rants invited.



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The Kid's Story ( title stolen from animatrix :P )

His eyes laugh as he waves his heart at her,
behind which a red storm brews,
an ocean he swallows each day,
for want of sense in insanity-now nausea,
his life is a second hand mechanical time bomb.
-insipid, bald, vapid.

with conditioned reality,unable to see,
incontinent and rusting,he stays on,
realising that he knows not,
knows that he can know not,
wired fences-trapped-wings cut off,
in rumi's field, beyond right doing and wrong doing,
runs skeltor, mythical, playful, wild
in his phantasmagoria-misunderstood, miserable, hapless
-joyful and stupid- juvenile-he knows.

and she's sweet too.
sharp and slender and sorrowful,
tender, wanting,
she opens her heart too,
she pretends.
-he knows, coz he does too.

coz he gawks and swims in her fantasy too
with the toys that make her joys,
then he returns to reality, to the emptiness,
in the world of failed giants-agape,
and keeps searching, alone, for respite,
from pointless ignorant brain-fart they call life.
-but sleeps peacefully alone and hangdog .

the illusion of thoughts, and the beauty in reality,
she doesnt want to know,
she's sunk in her own little world,
being the centre of the universe,
that she is not,
she's been playing for so long,
with a spherical sphere of clay.
-humming his dirge-he is now dead.

how sweet he sang too,
of an insane world lost in thoughts,
passively smoking reality,
between what is and what should be,
unaware of awareness,
of ludwig, plato, nihilism
and where cool green grass grew
and where he would lie
on a hill with voilets in blossom near him.

she laughs, not cry,on a love that never was hers,
he was the stuff dreams were made of,
she thought she was,
and now she sees through the gallimaufry-
he only showed her what she wanted to see
it was always her not he,
he was what she never could see.

and now when its all said and done,
she laughs more,
on a love that never was,
darn,
cig, weed, lsd, wine
And everything is fine.

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Outside ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there....~Rumi .

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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 31-08-2007, 04:57 AM

Copy pasting from my blog..
Simply because, it'll always be my favourite piece out of everything I ever wrote.

Pebbles on the seashore

I've flowers blooming around me
& birds flying high in the sky,
There's so much to be happy about
but still I find myself so dry..

As the world moves swiftly in front of me
I'm standing here all alone,
Thinking if it will lose its pace
When I will be dead & gone..

Will I be remembered with love
like the essence of a breeze,
Or will I be forgotten
the way leaves wither away from trees..

Will the winds stop blowing
Will the rainbow lose its charms,
Will the sky miss me standing below it
Opening wide my arms..

Will the sun reduce its intensity
Will it stop shining bright,
Will the stars & the moon miss me too
gazing at them at night..

Will the earth stop spinning for a moment
& notice my absence,
For all I did was to live a life
without making any difference..

For I lived like a stubborn tide
crashing at random places,
Trying to embrace anonymity
scared of my different faces..

Tried to suppress my individuality
wanted to get lost in the crowd,
Always trying to keep them happy
while my own soul cried out loud..

I always tried to become
what others wanted me to be,
In pursuit of their love
I stopped loving real me..

When the truth basked upon me
like a sudden blow,
I broke into a hundred pieces
Didn't know where to go..

But life's not meant for crying
for nurturing hurt & pain,
With a new sense of purpose & hope
My new journey began..

When bad times come to break you
It's only to strengthen your core,
Coz no matter how tall a rock stands
It has to turn into pebbles to reach the seashore...




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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 31-08-2007, 08:31 PM

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Pebbles on the seashore

I've flowers blooming around me...
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It has to turn into pebbles to reach the seashore...
Awesome stuff....keep on writing...

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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 04-09-2007, 07:05 PM

Pulled this out of my blog


Pondering once before I crave for Nirvana

In certain ways I sometimes try to pull back time
Desperately vying to grip all that is around me
The moments, the truth, the space which is so aptly called life
Though she with all her magic and grandeur entices me
She makes me cry, she makes me pour
All along staying utterly ingrate

Gyrating with all her enigma
Spinning all the way
Sending me into a frenzy state of incomprehensible emotions
Biting back with fears, nightmares
Devastating all through with her cruel might
An accomplice it has managed to whip along so well
An evil called bad luck
Thrashing me, splashing me into a distressed corner
Each wave being more ruthless than the one that receded by

What is it when I am forced to stand naked?
Blindfolded, facing an array of questions
Being doled out explanations and an equal measure of melancholic stints
What is it to stand before a friend?
Who renders me helpless with questions yet so simple?

The answers to which forces me to think, to sob
What is it that I am doing to render my selves true for the judgment day?
What if I am asked to lay down my life?
What if I am asked to stand all alone?
A barge of emotions ripping through my heart so strong
I feel I better die than face the agonizing pain

It is that moment of truth that I stare into
It is for that day that I live
Trying to cleanse my dirty mind of all the inane and impure thoughts
I hope I can do it for one last time
To have a clear conscience
To stand tall and claim the right
Rather than question - who was all but selfless?
I claim I can then lay down my life
To transcend into a different world
Where my mind is without any aspirations and earthly hopes
I would rather choose death than life
If I can find truth in the prevailing madness



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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 05-09-2007, 12:49 PM

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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 05-09-2007, 01:42 PM

my bit...
Smiling again

I wonder why. I smile sometimes for no reason,
I wonder why... fresh winds blows on my face?

Things appear beautifull... The same ones that made me sulk yesterday
Why is it like I've more air to breath? ..more of life to live?

Nothing has happened... not significant enough to make me happy
Not significant enough to make me laugh

And yet here I am singing in my heart...
Smiling again... for no reason.
   
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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 07-10-2007, 01:12 AM

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wrote this gazal loooong time back.. nw taking it straight from my blog!

Shaubey ye har aor sunsaan kyu hain
Rukh ye sare yu pareshan kyu hain

Peshtar yu na thhey sabhi khauf-jada
Apne ahbaab sey bhi ye anjaan kyu hain

Hujumey ashk mey sab kuch hai beh chalaa
Janey mal-kal-maut mehrbaan kyu hain

Khulus bhi paikar-e-khanjar lagta hai ab toh
Pasbaa ke haath yu lahu-luhaan kyu hain

Aishe raft: ke din kho gaye hai kahi
Sakht sakraat mey ye dil-e-parvaan kyu hain

Kyu badnuma aur purkhar hai ye raastey
Har shaks par seli-e-khaara ke nishaan kyu hain

Gum ho gayi ai 'tabassum' tu kyu lub sey
Ki yeh dahar aaj yu biyabaan kyu hain


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Re: Creative Corner - Original poems, plays, short stories .... - 06-11-2007, 01:53 PM

bring it all....

walking through the corridor, to the water hole
if you can survive these days, it will be a folklore
breathing in and out, just to know you are alive
blinking in the darkness, paying a price to survive


bring it all, all the stories we beleived
bring it all, all the good times we lived
bring it all, as tomorrow might be even worse
bring it all, before life turns into a curse


shielding all your fears, or else they will come to know
wiping all your tears, or else the past will start to grow
reaching out to the wall, where the shadows play their game
freezing for the moment, stealing a photoframe


bring it all, all the moments we lied
bring it all, all those nights we cried
bring it all, as tomorrow might be even worse
bring it all, before life turns into a curse


peeping out of the keyhole, waiting for the face unknown
existing as a plastic, emotions replaced by emitocons
realizing too late, that your reflection has changed
wake up now and act, before your life is rearranged


bring it all, all the colours that we sprayed
bring it all, all the reasons we prayed
bring it all, as tomorrow might be even worse
bring it all, before life turns into a curse

ciao..


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