Avijit had a peculiar habit. He lived in the present, earned in the present, paid his EMIs in the present. But mentally, he spent a good part of his day somewhere in the 1980s. “Papa,” his daughter Anaya said one morning, “did Wi-Fi exist in your golden childhood?” Avijit looked up from the newspaper, adjusting … Continue reading The boy who never left
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The cost of a wish
He sat alone in the fading twilight near his window. He could see the hustle of the new year party in the courtyard. He knew he wasn’t invited, and he wouldn’t attend even if he was. This is exactly how he had spent the New Year’s Eve for last so many years. As he reminisced … Continue reading The cost of a wish
The Boy Who Missed The Train
Came across this hauntingly wonderful song “500 Miles” sung by Joan Baez on YouTube. It rekindled the old memories of non-internet era when I heard this beautiful rendition on short wave radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_K6z3HiRAs While I was viewing it, I thought of following it up with a story – of the boy who misses the train, … Continue reading The Boy Who Missed The Train
The sound of thought 