Sutanu Mukherjee

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2022

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“Another one walking beside me” by Sutanu Mukherjee

Submitted to Contest #171

I think Hope is a bitch. Hope never left me or stayed with me. My mother, Asha Mann, spent most of her adult life snorting coke and doing odd jobs to fund her addiction. One such odd job brought me into this world. During an unprotected exercise of flailing her legs, she discovered the implications of "the odds are against you." I do not have much memory of my mother. But my neighbours in the slum where I live say that in her lucid moments, Ma used to call me Swayam. In Hindi, Swayam meant yourself. Maybe she hoped that, unlike her, I co...

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“Pants Down” by Sutanu Mukherjee

Submitted to Contest #170

Thinking of Toto’s Garage, Shikhar thought, “I’ve got a plan”.He and his friends from a well-regarded B-school were doing their summer internship and had gotten their first salary. Like most people who, like them, had just gotten their first salaries, they decided to get drunk. Or more specifically, Shikhar wanted to get very drunk and the rest wanted to have a good time.Summer saw Shikhar and his friends disperse to the various economic hubs of India for their summer internships. But most headed for Mumbai.Shikhar was doing his internship a...

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Sometimes I have thoughts, but do not know the words to express them. Sometimes I have words, but no thoughts to project them. Catch 42 bon mot#7