Gossip Mongers

….”So what’s new?”, Maya asked again.

“I’ve already told you everything. What more?”, asked Harsh.

“Oh.. I got nothing to tell either”

“I had something to tell you, but I am not sure whether I should be telling you about it”, said Harsh.

“What is it? Tell me Tell me”, insisted Maya.

“Umm……”. Harsh thought for sometime before replying. “Let it be”.

“What the Ffffun…. in keeping a lady so frantic…”, she sounded irritated.

“But you have to promise that you won’t let it out”

“It depends….”, replied Maya.

“Forget it then…”, said Harsh, regretting why he took out the topic in the first place.

“Alright! I promise I won’t let it out. Trrrruussssttt me!”, she said emphatically.

“Ok. You know my Boss’s wife? She’s dating my HR manager.”

“So?”, asked Maya.

“My Boss’s wife is dating DEEPA. You get that?”

“Jeez!!, this is SOME news. I know Deepa very well. I thought she was married too.”

“Yeah, that’s the catch, Dumb head.”

“Oh! This is one gossip that I need to share with people who deserve to….”

“Shut up! Dare you tell this to anyone? Remember you promised”, yelled Harsh.

“Alright! You can trust me”, assured Maya.

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“Hello, it’s me! How are you?”

“Hi Maya! I am good. So what’s new?”

“Umm…. Nothing much. Things are great!”

“I heard, Shalini’s getting married”

“Yes, and did you hear about Deepa?”

“Deepa? No! What happened?”

“She’s having an affair with Mrs.Bagchi”

“WHAT? Did you say “MRS . Bagchi?”

“Yeaaaah…. Can you believe that?”

“Who told you?”

“That’s not important. You have to keep this to yourself. Promise me.”

“Yeah, don’t worry. But Deepa was happily married na!”

“Ya….that’s the catch, you Dumb head!”

“Oh…..”, sighed Harsh.

“I feel so Good, Harsh!”, said Maya.

“You reacted just like you heard this for the first time. This has really put me to ease”, said Maya.

“Now I hope you won’t let this gossip to any of your friends”, asked Harsh, waiting for a reassurance.

“No, trust me. I won’t. I had to tell it to somebody and I feel lighter!!”, said Maya.

“…and I still wonder…why girls can’t keep secrets….”, questioned Harsh, heaving a sigh of uncertainty.

Dog's love

She always hated facing street dogs. The pets were acceptable, but she was never sure if she would own one, ever.

But one fine day, she fed a dog. It was a pet that was owned by an old couple living across the street.

The dog instantly developed a liking towards her. She loved the idea of befriending a dog, because she thought this was the time to fight her fear factor.

Every evening she would wait for the handsome Labrador and feed him some biscuits.
She thought dogs were better companions than humans. At least they never questioned. They only listened to everything the humans said.

The dog became a part of her life. She had unofficially adopted the dog, because it stayed at her place most of the times.

But one fine day, this handsome dog fell in love with a bitch, next door. The dog would come to this lady’s house everyday, but leave as soon as he’d see his love.

The lady thought, humans act like dogs, and we forgive them, a dog is a dog afterall…

Shades of Black

This is something that i eagerly look forward to. I, somehow, posted my entry at the last moment. I am glad i did! I wish I could experiment a bit more.
Here's my entry to "Silhouette" Short Fiction Contest @ Jason's Blog.

Confined in a room. Since ages.
He tries to make out what sunshine is.

***

“Dadda, I can see something behind you”

“What is it son?”

“Something dark, exactly your shape.”

“It’s called a shadow.”

“Can I sketch it the way I want it. I don’t like the eleventh finger on your right hand”

“You are an artist’s son, I am sure you can sketch anything the way you want it.”

“Really?”

“Let’s call it Dadda’s Silhouette. You cannot alter a shadow, son”

***

He said nothing. His play with coal stubs created a speech.

Free bird with concealed feelings - an outline of what he desired.

The Governor’s imperial building spread over 5 meters of the wall.

The traffic - chaotic, yet balanced.

A rush of black- deep and faded;

Movements, imposing a flurry of emotions.

A splash of red, in black, showing the blood oozing out a toddler’s head.

The next 2 meters of the wall depicted an idiosyncratic imbalance.

The participants in the balanced traffic seemed to cover their own shadows. The Governor’s building stood tall amongst the bodies lying on the ground.

***

He was indicted. Stranded on an island in Asia.
The 7 years made him explore the darkness.

It became difficult for him to sketch the human features.

The last patch on the wall consisted of a Silhouette- that of a young lad trying to sketch a shadow.

New year!!

Heylo folks....

They say it's new year!!! :) I believe them!! Me is jobless again and am loving it!! I take this as another long hiatus, which i wonder will end when! (alliteration!!!)

This nice and wonderful break gave me a chance to meet a lot of my long lost friends!!

I had a school reunion and i met my batchmates almost after 10 years! We had a crazy get-to-gether. We loved talking and the time just wouldn't allow us. Nonetheless, i had a rocking end to 2009 and one of the resolutions that i made for this year is - to be more in contact with my school buds. They make me happy! :) (I can imagine my momma yell - enough of socializing!!)

Life's good, in general. But a few of my lovely friends are kinda trying to stay out of touch these days, reason being, that they are now married and have 'n' number of responsibilities. This is applicable to both, girls and guys! No complaints, though!

Like i mentioned, i caught up a lot of long lost friends, and one them insisted that i should give Dilbert a try! I am not much into comics, but trust me, i have started worshipping Scott Adams. He can so well evoke a sarcasm out of any plain situation.

So far, I've had an awesome start to the new year. The icing on the cake is that i am going to meet my Master on thursday!! :)

I wish you all have a splendid year ahead!!

Cheers! :)