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Sandhya Ramachandran

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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Smile for the Camera

Sandhya Ramachandran

Submitted to Contest #259

A little girl in a blue ballerina-esque dress, starstruck by a cardboard cutout of the genie from Aladdin. A man with an arm around a woman and his other hand rested on the girl’s shoulder, his deep set chestnut brown eyes revealing nothing out of the ordinary. All smiles for the camera. That was how Kathy Creuset remembered the trip to Cameron Highlands - a rose-tinted window to a life filled with some sort of childlike ecstasy and wonder that could only see dreams and love. Not pain or heartbreak. All that Kathy had known on that trip was ...

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With Love

Sandhya Ramachandran

Submitted to Contest #212

How to keep yourself warm in the winter? For Dummies By Dawn and Binky Learn to: - Gather a great assortment of firewood – big and medium logs, kindling, and so on - Arrange newspaper and wood under and over a grate - Use a lighter safely to set the paper to flames - Choose the most cosy and comfortable winter clothing – socks, mittens, earmuffs, and a coat - Ask your mother nicely for hot chocolate and healthy chips - Ask your aunt nicely to read or sing to you something while rocking on the rocking chair Dawn held out the yellow crinkl...

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Bani's Tree

Sandhya Ramachandran

Submitted to Contest #205

Code 278.43A. That’s where ‘Lady Grace’ was, right behind the stunted tree that hit the ceiling and hid an owl in its hollow. In a ladylike fashion, Bani hopped on the plastic rocks to cross the fake river in the middle of the library. So as to not catch a whiff of stubbed cigarettes hidden in pockets of grey-lipped men in the room, Bani held her breath as she performed the difficult crossing manoeuvre. Despite her greatest efforts, Bani never made it across to the other side. Later, on the flight, she reasoned that she was stopped so that...

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