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Hidden Love

She was looking down at the sea swirling beneath her, swishing waters to every side of the ship. Aisha wanted to listen to the waters and understand what exactly such a grand ocean must be hiding in its bosom. Just like the one thing she had been hiding for all these years... her love for Lisa. She had left her home after her husband’s death to work at this brewery on the ship and used to travel the world while serving liquors and listening to Lisa’s jokes. Lisa… Ah! Such a sweet name with such a wonderful personality. Aisha loved her the first time she saw her but kept it to herself. She knew that on some level Lisa also knows how much she loved her and perhaps that is why she never openly proclaimed her love for her. Now that she knew that Lisa was marrying a naval officer, whom she met on this ship, made Aisha a bit uncomfortable. How could she live without Lisa’s laugh, her warmth, her caring nature? She has got so used to her. But Lisa had promised to visit Aisha every now and the
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The Time

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Her hands were shaking while lifting up the coffee cup from the dining table. She took a sip from her trembling lips and looked at him. “Is this the time for us to part ways?” He looked directly into her deep green eyes and tried to smile. He was tired from the fight last night and did not know what to say or even how to speak about it. She wiped the perspiration from her brows while he took some time munching on the sandwich. With one last gulp, he finished the coffee and without looking at her this time said, “I don’t know what else to say.” She smirked while a tear that was struggling to stay inside suddenly trickled down her cheek. She took her time wiping it and continued sipping coffee. “It’s not my fault,” he continued, “and neither is it yours. It’s the circumstances, that were not under our control. We tried our best to mend this relationship. We should have done this earlier. Not that it’s too late, but I don’t know if it’s the right time now. We ha
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Write By Chance

I have recently started teaching students of Mass Communication at a degree college. It’s my first experience as a teacher and believe me, sometimes I’m nervous while sometimes I’m confused as to what new should I teach them that they do not know already. But, overall it’s a wonderful experience at the end of the day. Every day I teach them something different and learn something different myself. Today, I asked my final year students to write something for me. After being reluctant for a few minutes, they all agreed to write and here I’m sharing the eleven write-ups that I got from them. I won’t say that they are awesome, mind blowing, or dull and drab… I just want to say that I’m happy that my students made an effort to write for me when I asked them. And I am really proud to share all these write-ups here on my blog. Personally, I would like to thank each one of you guys. Thank you all so much! 1. The most beautiful thing in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They mus
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There’s no Forever

She was sitting near the window seat in the train listening to the songs in her I-pod when she heard some people laughing. She turned her head and saw two friends sitting and guffawing at their funny tales. Some old ladies were looking at the friends in disgust as in our society it’s morally bad for a girl to befriend a boy but here a boy and girl were doing hi-fives and laughing with each other in public. She smiled at herself closed her eyes and tried to get back to what her I-pod was playing. Unfortunately she could not do that now. Instead her mind wandered through a whole lot of memories and she went back almost 15 years in her life. Jia was sitting on her bed reading a book when she saw Dev standing by her door with tears in his eyes. “She broke up with me, Jia,” he spoke and fell down on the bed beside her. Jia closed her book and gave her full attention to Dev. “What happened?” she asked softly. “I don’t know. She just said we shouldn’t be together anymore
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Life As It Is

She was sitting in the corner of her room looking out the window. Spring was blooming all around the city. The flowers were smiling at her through the glass window panes. She could not feel the cool breeze that was continuously trying to come inside but instead was being shoed away by the hard-hearted windows. She saw a young girl playing with her brother. The girl looked inside and smiled at her. She wanted to smile back at the girl but the lips denied her order. She thought about how she used to play outside in the sun with her friends and siblings. She thought about all the good things that had happened to her in all these years. How could she be in such a condition? What was wrong with her? How could this be happening to her? It seemed only yesterday that Omar had proposed to her. She was so happy with the idea of getting married to the person she loved. Both the families were happily preparing for the wedding when it happened. Was it her fault that she had to cover a sto
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Random Life

She did not know where she was going but still she kept walking in the unknown city where a thousand strangers were roaming around her. She was not afraid of those strangers, she was afraid of the people she already know. Though Shilz was a small hill station, still she knew that no one from her family would ever come to this corner of the country to search for her. She was fed up of her life where the bickering of her elder brothers and father left her no other option than running away from home. She somehow knew that had her mother been alive today she would have been living a peaceful life. But even the thought of her mother would bring tears to her eyes because she herself was the reason her mother died. If she would have listened to her mother and would not have been near that lake she would never have slipped and her mother would never have rescued her only to drown herself. Her father always blamed her for killing his wife and her elder brothers were never supportive afte
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Wildlife Nukkad Natak

The children will enter while clapping loudly. They will sit in a circle and two of them will come and stand in the middle. 1st kid: Jaanwaro ki hoti nahi humari jaisi bhasha Par karna chahte hai woe k chhoti si asha Aao hum inki bhasha ban jaate hai Kyu hain ye pareshan aj tumko batlate hain 2nd kid: Dekhe hain humne kai janwar aise Khatarnak bhaalu aur sher jaise Jab hum rahene lagenge inko gharo me To ye batao ye jayengein kahan pe [The kids go n sit in the circle. Two other kids come in the middle] 3rd kid: (cutting an imaginary tree) 4th kid: Arey ye kya kar rahe ho? 3rd kid: Dikhta nahi? Main pedo ko kaat raha hu. Is jungle ko khatam kar ke isko ek kula maidan bana raha hu. 4th kid: Magar aisa kaam tum kyu kar rahe ho? Agar in pedo ko kaat doge to ye chidiyan kahan apna ghonsla banayengi? Ye apne aur apne bacho ke liye kahan se khaana layengin? 3rd kid: Uffo! Chidiyon ko bolo kahin aur ja ke ghonsla banaye. Kisi aur jagah se khana le kar aayein. 4th kid: Aur wo janwar, unka kya?
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