Vaidya Shankar

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (1)

1 Story

13 karma pts

?

“MY (ONLY) NEW YEAR RESOLUTION” by Vaidya Shankar

Submitted to Contest #25

MY (ONLY) NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONWe saw the frail old lady standing noontime in the hot Vizag summer, holding a cheap plastic bag in her left hand. Her hands looked more like dried twigs and grinding poverty was written all over her thin frame. Seeing us approaching slowly in the car, she waved the plastic bag at us with a tired smile on her face.My wife looked at me and smiled in quiet assent as I stopped the car near the poor woman. We knew that the cheap plastic bag would be holding the season’s offering called ‘Tati Pandu’ meaning palm fruit...

Read story

Author bio

I am a retired engineer from South India who has a love for creative writing.