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Anxious to heal | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. July 26, 2015. He really wanted her to feel better. This was a new and overwhelming experience for Savitri. She hadn’t expected a complete stranger to empathise with her with such intensity. She had thought the visit to the clinic would be similar to a conversation with the family doctor. Like the time she had sought advice for her depression after the birth of the twins. Was it time she stopped caring? There was little to suggest he had any real skill. He wanted to...
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Savitri Khanna Goes To The Toilet | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. Savitri Khanna Goes To The Toilet. December 29, 2014. The singing was monotonous and tuneless, punctuated by squeaks and whistles from the older one whose voice was just starting to break. The boys didn’t flinch even once as the entire family stared at them throughout the performance, which lasted just over 6 minutes. Afterwards, the sister-in-law broke the silence. Wasn’t that fantastic? None of this went down well with the sister-in-law. At first, she silent endur...
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Depressed Cat | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. February 8, 2015. When the catnip tisane didn’t work we realised the cat must have some pretty serious issues to deal with. So we left her alone, hoping she would feel better soon. If not, we’ll try a few other tricks. To be honest, we’d never had a depressed cat before, so we didn’t really know what to do. Filed in Short Story Segment. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Preeta | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. Aunty Preeta and the Bar of Soap. Vinnie, Ravi and I rolled our eyes in unison when we heard Aunty Preeta’s name. ‘Not her again! We thought. Aunty Preeta was always up to something. We didn’t really care, but were nonetheless affected by her eccentric behaviour. Mummy always sunk into a bad mood every time aunty Preeta did something silly. There was nothing much we could do except fade into the background and wait for mummy’s temper to cool. Mummy thanked principle ma’...
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Invocation: Neelima/Gopal | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. It was a pleasure having you stay with us last month. And please stop apologising, you were not a ‘riotous burden’ as you keep saying. We greatly enjoyed your company and your constant stream of jokes kept us all in good spirits. Especially papa whose hasn’t been keeping well for a while. I fondly recollect our discussions and long walks. Do you remember the time we found that tiny village on the other side of the river? I remember your instructions, they seem quite abs...
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The doctor at the Kerala Clinic | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. The doctor at the Kerala Clinic. July 24, 2015. 8216;How can I help you, sister? 8217; he asked, folding his hands in a namaste and bowing slightly. He had used the hindi word for sister, didi. She couldn’t place his accent. She wondered if English was his first language. 8216;What is the difference? 8217; Savita wanted to ask. Instead she asked him how should she refer to him. The man paused for thought and then smiled. ‘You could call me brother? 8216;I have a little ...
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Busking on a weekend | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. Busking on a weekend. Busking on A Weekend. The Chinese don’t belly dance you muppet! Ruari growled as he stubbed the cigarette on the door frame and flicked the butt at the sallow faced lad standing at the door. Then he grabbed him by the collar and hissed, ‘you better sort this one out! Before pushing him into the street. I’m sorry, no work,’ he said slowly. Yes,’ said Eoghan. ‘No! I mean no no work today.’. He begged, ‘before Siobhan comes home.’. Ruari, who was in t...
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Rhamba | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. In a land rather far away from here, there lived a princess named Rhamba. It was widely believed that she possessed the secret of eternal youth. Many had tried to gain this knowledge by means devious and otherwise, but none had succeeded so far. Which effectively put her in control of her own destiny. She could live as long as she wished. The idea was that once her daughter had learnt the intricacies of the beauty regimen she could blissfully shed her Earth-boun...And s...
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Upstairs | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. The shadows lengthened and the hot sticky day finally dissolved into darkness. Young lovers surreptitiously slipped between the shadows. Holding hands, sneaking a kiss every now and then, they were an island unto themselves in the crowded street. Every few minutes they anxiously scanned the crowd. The unlucky few who were spotted by sundry relations were immediately snapped in two and dragged to distant corners of the street. 5 Responses to “Upstairs”. I need to read an...
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Jacket Potato | Distant Worlds | Strange Encounters
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Distant Worlds Strange Encounters. Standing at the egde of the crowd Swarup craned his neck above the others and desperately stared into the distance. The room dissolved into a sea of bobbing heads and the sound of conversation ebbed into a dull tide of sweeping drones. The lights overhead melted into the sea and Swarup drifted into a gentle sleep. Then a sudden squall blew in a raven which perched itself on his shoulder. Swarup cocked his head to one side and stared at it unblinkingly. Can I help you?
