Viney Kirpal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Growing up in a Grandpa's garden” by Viney Kirpal

Submitted to Contest #40

Growing up in a Grandpa's GardenViney Kirpal           Fruit-laden Mango trees, long dry grass and wild creepers hid the old house, next door. The people of Dehra used to say it was haunted. But Pari knew that was not true because the 8-year- old often played in the big garden and never felt scared. Pari’s favourite spot was the low bough of a Mango tree on which she lazed and read storybooks.Then, news spread like wildfire that the locked house had been bought by an elderly Englishman. ...

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“Trapped” by Viney Kirpal

Submitted to Contest #39

Sudha remembered being told, “Get up, Madam, your surgery’s over”.She nodded and went off to sleep again.When the 65- year-old grey-headed teacher tried to open her eyes, she couldn'tbecause sleep lay like a stone in them. She was in the Heart Transplant IntensiveCare Unit (ICU). An hour later, her eyes opened a little. Wonder what the time is? A nurse in whitewas attending on her. Why’s she going around my bed? “She’s…..” Sudha heardthe nurse say. Who is she whispering to? What is she saying about me? Sudh...

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“When everything changed for a daughter, twice” by Viney Kirpal

Submitted to Contest #29

“Mamta, you will not go to College from this June”, declared my Stepmother at breakfast, the day I turned 17. The dhokla I had enthusiastically made for the family now tasted like sand. My tongue was leached dry.   I had just finished writing my Grade 12 final examination and was on vacation.  I had two more years to graduate when this Fatwa was pronounced.   I was stunned. Father looked at Stepmother questioningly while she went on like a road roller. “She should be married off in a year’s time.”  Nikhil my brother, olde...

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“Its a mental struggle that wins the physical” by Viney Kirpal

Submitted to Contest #10

                                       Kenny was lifting the ball cleverly with his foot and sending it speeding across the wet football field but not letting it fall into opponent hands.The 16 year-old had shown remarkable agility. His stretched sinews and taut, rippling muscles made him move quickly like a leopard on its feet as he drovethe ba...

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Author bio

I taught English at IIT Bombay between 1974-97 and wrote desultorily on general subjects while concentrating on publishing my research in international journals and books. After retirement, I have taken to writing full time, learnt short story writing for the first time from Reedsy courses, have been publishing flash fiction, stories, personal essays, and Op-Eds. Like every writer, I too feel I can't live without writing. That makes us all a family without borders.