Gayathri Sampath

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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4 Stories

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“Spots and stripes with a dash of trunks ” by Gayathri Sampath

Submitted to Contest #164

Lakshmi (Lucky), the voluptuous elephant, and Siddhant (Sid), the rebellious one, stood in their corner of Kuno National Park, deep in the heartland of India, chewing grass and swatting pesky flies with their ears. They kept a watchful eye on their charges, the eight cheetahs who had arrived in the park from Namibia last week and their masters, Captain Pathak and Officer Desai of the Indian Forest Service.Lucky nudged Sid with her trunk as the two officers emerged from their quarters, binoculars in hand, to watch the eight cheetahs being rel...

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“Table No 4” by Gayathri Sampath

Submitted to Contest #162

Table No 4 The man opened the menu and buried himself in it while the server stood thrumming his pen on the notepad, waiting to take the order. It was midnight, half an hour more for the restaurant to close. His seniors had taught the server, a boy barely out of his teens, that it was better to hover around the customer’s table during the night shift and get them to order as quickly as possible. So he stood, shuffling his aching feet, looking at the clock and at the restaurant owner, hoping the man would show some signs of activity and pla...

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“The banyan tree swing” by Gayathri Sampath

Submitted to Contest #161

A small dust cloud enveloped the road as the slow-moving truck lumbered down the rain-parched part tar part mud road. Chennai municipality had long forgotten about its electoral promises! A silver Toyota Innova followed behind the truck at a sedate pace. It was a Sunday afternoon, and the road was free of the usual school bus traffic. It stopped in front of an old but well-maintained house surrounded by tall mango and coconut trees. There was a majestic banyan tree to the side of the house, its drooping vines casting a benign shadow. Aromati...

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“Tchau, Tchau Beena” by Gayathri Sampath

Submitted to Contest #157

Tchau, tchau Beena “Sheela, what is going on? Why did you sell all your investments without consulting me? Is it about that fucking citizenship again? You have gone insane, Sheela, completely mad!”“Ajay, mind your language. Beena was right. I am nothing but a doormat to you. The moment I stand for myself, you resort to swearing and calling me names.”“Sheela, come to your senses. Beena is a worthless witch who has cast a spell on you. Are you really going to leave me and take the kids and leave? Drop this madness and let's go back to how thin...

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