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Sneakers and the Moonwake

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 It is quite early in the morning. The moon has not completed its walk. It is now slowly regressing. The water puddles are basking in the glory of the moonwake. I'm trying to keep myself awake in the wee hours of my morning walk. The last night has been a difficult one. Sleep eluded my worked up brain. The war inflicted against humanity is getting worst. My anxiety is scaling. I need to find a solace. My sleepy eyes find something.  There it lies with ordinariness laced into it. The narrow jagged lane and its ragged fringes seem to be the perfect place for it to rest in peace. Tumultuous treks and quite a lot of running affairs must have exhausted it. It looks royal in its disowned status as well. Frankly speaking, I don't think anyone must have disowned it. It has an aura of walking away with pride. When faced humiliation, it must have disowned its owner. But where was its partner? Unless, the sneaker belonged to Cinderella and she was at a ball last night this mystery of a l...

Romancing a prejudice

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"Bawa, don't you drive on the roads alone now. Can't you see what damage you have done to the car and yourself!" Sardarji admonished Bahman Lakdawala. The septuagenariun stood quivering like a wet cat while his good old friend, the garage mechanic gave him an earful. Half his body trembled from Parkinson's while the other half rattled in anger. "Gandi chokri...If they can't drive why do they prowl on the road as if it was their father's Persian jahangir? I tell you Sardarji, girls these with their new found freedom feel they have rocketed the sky. Cars are one thing and space travel another. These girls drive as if they are about to take off." Vrommmm...a girl zoom passed them on her bullet and Bawa's trembling now resembled a convulsion. "Oye Papaji, calm down. Whatever you say, you need a driver. You can no more handle this car and the driving. Come let's have lassi till my boys mend your gaddi's broken teeth. Look how she is c...