Ipshita Majumdar

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Delirium” by Ipshita Majumdar

Submitted on 07/31/2020

I had spent an entire afternoon weeping over Kavan Rathore’s death, for the eleventh time in a week. It was disorienting to see him outside the grocery store, that very evening, smiling his heart-wrenching, lopsided smile. It had all started with the flu. The one I caught by getting wet in the rain and jumping into puddles like a lunatic. Why did I do all of the above mentioned things? There is no dignifi...

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“A few drops of starlight” by Ipshita Majumdar

Submitted on 07/24/2020

My name is Ashraf and I was born under the constellation of Orion and its valiant, steady lights.My village used to be one where sparkling diamond lights would light up summer evenings and draw out families to their terraces and courtyard. About a dozen or more unruly heads would run about, zigzagging around woven cots, sprinkled across the streets.The menfolk would spill out into the streets, pondering over the mysteries of a minuscule cosmos, comprising of our village and 2 or 3 neighboring ones, at the most. My...

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“War of words” by Ipshita Majumdar

Submitted on 07/17/2020

1200 A.D. , Near the Ural mountains: Princess Emzadokht paced up and down, inside a pristine white tent, clenching her fist and crumpling a piece of paper. It was her first ever attempt at poetry. The opening of the tent, embroidered with dragons and djinns, fluttered slightly. She was relieved that they had finally left the treacherous desert behind and had camped near a turquoise blue lake, nestled between the ...

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“Sorry with no caveats” by Ipshita Majumdar

Submitted on 06/26/2020

How do you extract an apology from someone you have hated consistently for close to three decades of your existence? Of course, you can simply choose not to. But an irritating inner voice, of an 8 year old, screaming and venting, demands closure and peace. You try to drown yourself in the noise of fax machines, traffic, heavy EDM music or even the vacuum cleaner in moments of desperation. Anything to avoid the stifling ...

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Author bio

Hi! I am a chemistry nerd, habitual philosopher and a newbie writer. My stories tend to focus on the chinks in the armor and the shadows in happy smiles.