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Ramyani Bhattacharya

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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A Scar Down The Middle Of The Heart

Ramyani Bhattacharya

Submitted to Contest #45

Last Friday, I did something which my father should’ve done, decades ago. Now, as the moments with my father are rusted, long forgotten as trivial matters and with my father dead for ten years, it is futile to remember them but somehow, I do. I was born in November 1971, a year fraught with the laments of war between East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan (now Pakistan) also called, The Bangladesh Liberation War. The time was extremely delicate with political upheavals and social tension, as I got to know from my elder sister. My f...

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What If...

Ramyani Bhattacharya

Submitted to Contest #44

IAlia was standing there, at the same spot on the platform, for almost twenty minutes now. Her legs had gone limp but, she could almost not feel it. Her heart was thumping slowly, in non rhythmic beats. The throbbing fit in with the slow music in her ears and the humdrum urgency of the faceless crowd. They couldn't care less about her predicament. The panic was mounting in her heart, at a slow pace so much so that she couldn’t have known when it would beat right out of her chest. Her eyes darted across the platform every few minutes, scannin...

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The Sky is Falling

Ramyani Bhattacharya

Submitted to Contest #42

I I was walking down the street at noon and as I looked up, a deep, blood red sky greeted me. I was surprised that I wasn't surprised looking at an unconventional sky. I kept walking. I met a few of my friends. They were laughing. I started laughing too. "The green sky is so weird" One of them said. "Hey, it's violet!" Another protested, still laughing. I looked up again. It was black now, engulfing everything within its purview, slowly advancing towards where I was standing. I screamed. "Wake up! Claire! What happen...

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