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      7:15 pm Knox, I'm near the tallest lamp post on the sidewalk.  Waiting...   Where are you? This place is crowded with too many cars, can't spot yours  😞 No sooner have I fired the texts than I notice gray dots linger on the left bottom of the screen. And they keep lingering...fo r one second and then the other and another - my heartbeat speed shoots up high with every passing second until I hear honking from a familiar car and it gets normal. I open the already-open door for me a little wider and make myself comfortable in the seat next to the driver's seat.  "Sorry to keep you waiting," Knox says as an acknowledgment. "No problemo! Where are we teleporting to?"  He laughs hard and answers with half words and half laughter. "it's umm...surprise!"  "Okay, I can see the route" I laugh at how naive Knox could be sometimes. "uh-oh! erm...continue reading that novel you're hiding then; to keep your eyes off the road an...

     (Sequel to "I'm gonna quit writing...") I knock twice on the door and wait for an answer, which I don't get any time soon. "Knox! Are you there?" No answer. My eagerness to see my friend whom I haven't met for a month, or probably two gets me to break into his house to check in on him.  But I can sense an element of danger. Things don't look like they're where I last saw them in his apartment. Besides, I cannot recollect when I last gave him a visit, or where and when we'd last seen each other, my wrecked skull doesn't let me... I cough his name out. His living room is bathed in the dust almost making the air opaque. "kn-oh-oh-x-uh-uh" "Yes?" "Yes?" The echo gives me relief and I turn back hopefully, only to realize that it wasn't an echo..! My headache reaches me within a fraction of a second and I can vaguely visualize a tall lamp post on a sidewalk and the blurred image fades away as instantly as...

"Think outside the sink!" I’m Ms River, My hobby is to flow I’m pure and pristine and that’s all you need to know..! But my darker side has it, the nightmares I can’t bear ones I better keep to myself  but here I overshare..! I’ve often heard my mates, who were once taken of care now end up as gutters their condition’s beyond repair..! But those are the lucky few, some others are nowhere in sight which would’ve flowed as I do if only ‘Waste Management’ was brought to light..! Times have changed now, I have changed too I’m now Mrs River talking to you, Married to Mr Impurities, I’m no longer pure, I don’t have those nightmares anymore, I’m living one for sure..!

"Life is what happens around you when you're looking down at your phone"   Technical gadgets over the past few decades have greatly influenced the drastic change in human interests and their interactions with others in an ill direction as well...  When misused/ overused, they are no "bliss" for the human race... For instance, have a glimpse into this family which has adapted itself to the (mis)use of most latest gadgets and notice in which way and for how much better has their life improved from the advent of these sick unnecessary devices. Elementry school kid: He's excessively obsessed with his gaming console. All-day long, the avatars in the game, bonus points, and scores are all he talked about. One would wonder if he was at all familiar with the "Outside" terminology! but who cares? His sister has been treating her cellphone like an organ of her body, she's always glued to it and barely exposes her eyes to anything apart from that tiny s...

The Other Dish It was indeed, a memorable victory perhaps has found its way into the ‘remarkable history’ A Gold won, in the world-famous tournament is why we players are here, cherishing the ‘beloved’ treatment... Silver platter is what our food is served in and oh! the food within, is heaven’s delight which only in our dreams we’d seen and the chandeliers had such mesmerizing grace, indeed they matched the charm of that place... Briny taste of the caviar, floral scent of saffron, garlicky tinge to the white truffles were just a few which caught my gaze, all served to honor the moment’s glory and showcase... All my mates, along with me were flattered  by the delicacy only we knew who truly deserved… The world looked up to us today, we know but in our own eyes, we’d fallen way too low... Apart from the many dishes served, One another existed which only we could see It contained the fact that our match was fixed It was a dish, of our staged victory; totally beyond gross, and that’s ...

   "Ahead of LIFE-time?" St. Thomas' ride was ready for one marvellous educational trip which the students were to remember worth everything, forever. They had gone shopping to get themselves impressive outfits specifically for the trip. They would plan all summer for the same and would spend hours wondering what the Science Park had in store for their amusement! and, oh! don't you miss the fact that each of them had stayed up the previous night to finally welcome the longed day's sunrise. Just the name of that place also served as a strong dose of coffee for them. They were all charged up as they buckled up for what they hadn't known-  An adventure Professor Smith had done a great job of maintaining his consistency in being a boring teacher. Although disliked by many, his words were still to be followed. He commanded "I want pin-drop silence" all way long even though his voice was the only sound that echoed to be any louder than "pin-drop silen...

    She stared at an image not entirely by her will everything about which had her stop still   She hesitated to stay  but wouldn't leave just yet not before her eyes made her palms wet    She held the image and wiped it clean then declared it was the  ugliest she had seen  for its features lacked intellect and wit she added, black color would seem fairer than it   Its teeth were all crooked and nose so big and hair so curly like one nightmare of a wig  She suddenly fell down like it was too much to take  the burden of looking good for society's sake    She lifted that image once again  it was trapped in a mirror, but felt her pain    They were all so heartless  who convinced her she was worthless it is such a pity she was labelled 'dumb' instead of 'witty' and ugly when she couldn't have been more pretty   And here she was, looking at the mirror with hatred in her eyes she could be cured, despite ...