Santosh Bakaya

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Star Light , Star Bright ” by Santosh Bakaya

Submitted to Contest #39

Star – light, star bright [A story that begins and ends with a person looking up at the stars] He looked up at the stars and sighed, counting them one by one. There was total silence in the neighborhood, but the trees rustled and time and again an owl hooted. He missed the buzz and drone of insect swarms, forever present around his apartment and Shweta’s voice falling in his ears, “oh these darn insects! “ He again looked at the star- spangled sky, his eyes ...

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“Footprints on the sands of time ” by Santosh Bakaya

Submitted to Contest #23

The cold seemed to have seeped into my very bones. On other days, the snow would have made me reach out for my guitar and burst into song, Where is Mona? She’s long gone where is Mary? She’s taken her along But they haven’t put their mittens on And there’s fifteen feet of pure white snow? Where is Michael? Where is Mark? Where is Mathew? <...

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“A Spirited Evening ” by Santosh Bakaya

Submitted to Contest #22

A New Year eve party was in full swing in a huge, sprawling house in Green Park, Delhi.  There was a fog outside, and animated chatter and liquor were flowing in profusion.    “Over 300 flights were delayed on 20th December and many fights were diverted. I had to go to Pune, but was not even informed about the cancellation of the flight, I came to know of the cancellation only on reaching the airport.” A man in a blazer was talking in indignant tones, the vehemence of h...

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Author bio

Critically acclaimed for my poetic biography of Mahatma Gandhi , Ballad of Bapu , I , Dr. Santosh Bakaya , hail from India , and am an academic- essayist- poet- reviewer - novelist -poet - Ted Speaker . My Ted Talk on The myth of Writer's' Block is very popular in creative writing classes . I have written more than ten books - poetry, essays , novels and biographies , and received laurels for them . Songs of Belligerence , my third compilation of poems , will hit the market soon.