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Vijay Likhite

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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PREJUDICE

PREJUDICE In the auditorium. Dr.Ramesh and his colleagues were waiting for Dr.Satish, the enthusiastic young research scientist to join them for the seminar. “Did you remind Satish about this seminar?” "Yes. Yesterday I had told him about this. But as usual, he had forgotten. When I called him today after lunch, he was apologetic and told me he would start immediately. That was at 2 p.m. It would take at least two and half hours to reach here, the Colaba terminus from Lonavla. He should be here any moment.” Dr. Vidya had joined the institute...

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AKIRA

AKIRAVidya was pregnant first time after her marriage three years ago. eight months had passed. So the count down for the new arrival had started.The frequently posed question to Vidya was “What would you like to have, a boy or a girl?”Vidya would answer, “No specific choice. A girl or a boy, both are equally welcome.”"Ok. But what Satish would like to have?" To this question, Vidya would answer, "Even he is excited equally for a boy or a girl".These days sex determination in advance was legally banned. So the gender of the child would be kn...

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NIRMOHI - THE ALTRUIST

NIRMOHI – THE ALTRUISTSantosh and his friends were contemplating an unconventional winter outing. After mulling over various options, they decided over skiing in the ice-clad mountains. In the area surrounding Mumbai, snow was a commodity just heard of or watched in western movies or a few Hindi films. Exposure to skiing was a further matter. But this enthusiastic group was keen on doing something unusual. They decided on Musoorie, the place near Dehradun. Instead of going for just site seeing, they planned to try out skiing.They gathered wo...

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THE TEA BREAK

THE TEA BREAKDr. Vidya collected her mug, went to the tea vending machine. Selected Elaichi tea. When her mug was filled with the boiling hot tea, somehow, she managed to carry it up to the table nearby. She saw Dr. Satish with a file in one hand trying to lift his cup of boiling, hot tea by the other hand. The tea was too hot to manage to carry with just one hand. It was burning his fingers. Vidya got up from her seat and quickly came close to the tea vending machine. She picked Satish's cup of hot tea and brought it to the table where her ...

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INTUITION

“Baba, we all are going to Nivati Beach holidaying for a week. I have booked a Bungalow on the sea-shore. Let us get ready for that outing next week.” Satish told his father Gangadhar Pant. "Oh! Great! Let us plan our activity for the entire week. Yamuna will be happy to hear this. Have you and Vidya got your leave sanctioned?" “Yes Baba, after Vidya’s leave was approved only we planned the venue and booked a bungalow in Nivati," Satish said. “How far is it? How do we reach there?” Gangadhar Pant asked. “It is in the district Sindhudurga, n...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Satish landed in Logan Airport, Boston early morning. Hiring a cab, he reached the Hotel Boston International. At the reception, he displayed his invitation card for the International Convention. With utmost politeness, he was taken to the 17th floor where he was allotted a room. After freshening up, he found out the venue for the convention. It was to be inaugurated in the evening at 6.Satish, the recognized scientist in the area of the effect of music on the environment and the living species, & winner of a few prestigious awards, was ...

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JUST SAVED!

JUST SAVED! Satish was a late Latif. Reaching late on almost every occasion. Be it a birthday, a dinner party, or even a wedding function. Satish could never make it in time. On birthdays, he had never been a witness to actual cake cutting. For dinner parties, Satish always reached to scrap out the vessels to fill his plate. At wedding celebrations, Satish invariably used to be the last one to greet the newlyweds. That was Satish. Otherwise, pleasant, soft-spoken, caring, lovable personality, somehow, he could not keep up his appointments. ...

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THAT IS IT!

THAT IS IT Ramchandra Rao was not keeping well for 3-4 months. He was happy to see Satish visiting him that evening. "How are you, sir? Have you taken your medicines? What was the Doctor’s opinion after seeing the report ?” Satish bombarded him with queries since he was meeting Ramchandra Rao, his favorite teacher, after a gap of a month. Ramchandra Rao sat upright in the chair. “I am better now. I am very regular in my schedule of medicines.” "Tell me whether you need anything", Satish said. “First tell me about your trip to France. How w...

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THE SUPERSTAR

Satish was a prompter at the Chitralekha Drama Company. Apart from carrying out many sundry tasks at the time of the show, Satish was in demand by many actors as a prompter. His alert and swift prompts were appreciated by famous, very popular actors. But today Satish was a little despondent. His most favorite actor Abhijeet was coming on the stage for the last time in the role of Mr. Kadam, the protagonist of the drama, “Kartavya”. Abhijeet had announced that after performing 500 shows in this role, he wanted to give up this portrayal. Abhij...

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THE ANONYMOUS GIFT

Amazon had announced a grand sale, A large number of buyers got busy placing online orders. Mr. & Mrs. Kadam were also contemplating placing an order for some furniture to avail large discounts. "Let us order a new sofa set. The existing sofa set is totally out of fashion. Whenever my friends come to our house, they don't forget to suggest I to change the sofa set before the next meeting. So we can shut their mouths once for all." Mrs. Kadam put forward her point. “I agree, the sofa set needs a change. But I think the fridge also warra...

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THANKSGIVING

“Thanks a lot, my children. I am overwhelmed to see this lovely gathering of my wonderful students.” He took down his spectacles and wiped his teary eyes. That day Vikas got ready to attend the small get-together of his friends to celebrate the 75th birthday of their favorite teacher, Satpute Sir as "THANKSGIVING". “Why don’t you take Akanksha with you there? Sanyami, Rajita and Neela must be coming. Aren’t they? They all are your batch-mates and usually attend every function at Satpute Sir’s house. Right? Akanksha can get introdu...

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NOSTALGIA

During his vacation, Satish’s parents took him to Nashik to renovate their property where Satish’s father wanted to spend his post-retirement life. After a gap of 6-7 years, Satish was in Nashik.While clearing all the junk in the old house, along with photo albums of the family, a box so well saved by Satish caught the attention of everyone. Satish opened the box. That was the small mechano gifted by Latika.He got nostalgic about his childhood. He remembered his 5th birthday bash. His parents used to make it repeatedly clear that that was th...

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UBUNTU

UBUNTU- words 1469 That was Kojagiri Paurnima night when the moon comes closer to earth and appears larger than the usual full moon. It usually is celebrated with great fun and fervor. In his attempt to know various beaches of MAHARASHTRA, Satish was strolling on the beach of Nivati some hundred kilometers north of Goa. The moon was reflecting brightly on the calm seawaves. The cool light breeze was making the environment more romantic. And unexpectedly, a piece of Beethoven’s symphony no.9 reached Satish. He was surprised that the 3-4 cen...

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METAMORPHOSIS OF PLANETS

METAMORPHOSIS OF PLANETS INTO STARSMr.Tulaskar had adopted teaching as a hobby after retirement from a technical career. He started offering a helping hand for English along with technical subjects to aspiring and needy students. They were at different stages of youth, from different backgrounds with financial conditions varying within a narrow bandwidth of the lower middle class. All of them had dreams in their eyes, aspirations to win over the entire world. Their parents, struggling to provide education to their wards with ...

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HALLOWEEN DAY SECOND

HALLOWEEN DAY Satish looked at the watch. It was 5:30 in the evening. The soft sound of raindrops on the roof had got milder. He adjusted the blinds on the window glass. Now he could see out onto the road. The road was glittering as it was wet and was reflecting vehicles moving speedily with headlights on. Little wind was making the trees sway. The twilight made the atmosphere adorable. It occurred to Satish that he was in Toronto for more than a week then. He came here to meet his school friend, Ramesh, who had migrated to Canada ...

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