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Submitted to Contest #293
The very first time I flew by an airplane was when I was in my early twenties. I was in my first job and was asked to travel from New Delhi to Chennai (then Madras). This was also pretty exciting for me because this was a journey of almost 3 hours by air, and I felt quite important.As I started preparing, I realized I had no suitcase or luggage rack.My mom dug through our stores and came up with an old, brown-colored attaché which had a disinterested lock and a reluctant zip. It was a familiar artefact, one that likely came over with Mom whe...
Submitted to Contest #290
My first school was “Happy School”, a large majestic institution, where I did my kindergarten.My second school was “General Raj’s”, a kind of local school which operated out of three separate houses, renting a few rooms in each, besides its HQ being in General Raj’s own personal residence.These were both English medium schools, which loosely translated means that English was supposed to be their primary communication medium. However, despite having some very good teachers, there just wasn’t enough focus on the spoken English language, or lit...
Submitted to Contest #282
Some mornings, when I am leaving for work, my wife, who has a somewhat deep focus on and a constructive interest in my moral betterment, besides packing a sandwich, also shows me videos, stories, photographs and stuff that she feels will be educative and inspirational…A couple of days ago, she happened to show me a video about Weaver Birds. Weaver Birds are found all over the world, but the specific trait I am going to tell you about, is exhibited by Males of the species en masse.The Video showed the right of passage that a Male Weaver Bird ...
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