Indrani Talukdar

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“The waif” by Indrani Talukdar

Submitted to Contest #102

"RANI! Get inside at once." Dida's must be the loudest bellow in the neighbourhood, I thought in my ten-year-old head. "Come on in and help Phoolmati prepare the chapatis. How do you expect her to roll out so many for the entire household without help?" I loathed Dida's ear-splitting timbre. I loathed Dida. Period. Yet I had never dared ask why dada wasn't asked to help with the chapatis or other household chores. After all, dada was older. Damn Daddy! Leaving his family at a time like this. "Did your father pass away?' Piya had aske...

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“Miss Katherine” by Indrani Talukdar

Submitted to Contest #27

 “Completely batty,” Parul mashi was saying as Miss Katherine’s dirty half-a-dozen ululated in a dissonant chorus for the twelfth time that afternoon. Although Miss Katherine lived in the huge bungalow beyond the boundary wall outlining our backyard her voice shot through like a machine gun report.“Tony baba’s mother is visiting,” Usha said knowledgeably, bending over unwashed utensils in the kitchen sink. Tony was Miss Katherine’s nephew, her brother’s sole progeny. Miss Katherine’s canines didn’t seem to like her flat-nosed chubby nin...

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