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Submitted to Contest #98
Raman was twelve years old when he came as a servant to his master's house. He belonged to the same caste as his master and was given his master's little son to nurse. As time went on the boy left Raicharan's arms to go to school. From school he went on to college, and after college he entered the judicial service. Always, until he married, Raicharan was his sole attendant. But when a mistress came into the house, Raicharan found two masters instead of one. All his former influence passed to the new mistress. This was compensated by a fresh ...
The winding river, deep and dark with crystals of light on its curves, journeys alongside of our small town. Life on the land flows to the rhythm of the river Hooghly, a silent witness of all that goes on our lives, high and low. I fondly remember those young days after I first stepped in my in-laws’ nest. Warm summer evenings on the river banks and the rising river in the rains were so close to my heart. “Why don’t you learn some special skill ? It might help you in getting a job.” My husband’s idea sounded fantastic, but was surely a proce...
Submitted to Contest #97
Maggie stares at the two plastic bags sitting atop the coffee table through bloodshot eyes narrowed to nothing more than a slit. For more than an hour now, knowing her resistance is weak, her will ready to give, they’ve taunted her with whispered promises of a paradise in which there is no worry or pain.She lets a finger softly stroke the closest, the one filled with her “stuff,” then shifts to the other, tracing the pipe and needles with her long fingernail.We’re here for you, Maggie, they seem to say. Just one last time. Then you’ll ...
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