Life – Shishir Chaudhary

You Should Never Count The Hours

Of all the things we did together, I am always reminded of the day when we tied our towels around our necks. Mine was blue, his yellow with Donald Duck on it. It was winter and the bed was aplomb with fluffy blankets covered in cotton covers – a perfect setting for becoming superheroes with…

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March 17, 2017

Stories

childhood, children, death, friends, Friendship, Life, memory

Original Copy

– Is it wrong to love a married woman? – There is a term for it – Extra-marital Affair. – I didn’t say ‘for a married woman to love’ but ‘to love a married woman’. Do people have to earn a right to love someone, one right for each? Even if that is the case,…

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January 12, 2016

Stories

india, Kiss, Life, literature, longing, Love, memory, Science Fiction, Short Story

Start

A day came and went by When I started fearing the rain. The rain drenched the hungry land And ignited a fire within Then a day came and went by And I started fearing the rain The heart was light, open to all Running across the field of moment Then a day came and went…

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October 17, 2015

poetry

childhood, coming-of-age, empathy, Life, rain, socialism

Being Inquisitive

See and see moreof what you areto be the one who made it allto be the one who had it all To be or not to be isthe question I askto the one to seethe one to hear andthe one who claimto be the only seer the child with sunken eyesthe pavement with the lightsthe…

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November 23, 2013

poetry

Life, poem, redemption, suffering

A Grim Disgusting Guide to Getting Entertained

You, like everyone else, have got a set of people around you who, after being brought closer to you by mere chance and after many years of mutually sustained tolerance and collective experiences some of which have been the anti-thesis of exhilarating and some, well, let’s stick to the tolerance part, have managed to stay…

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September 27, 2013

Thoughts

comedy, entertainment, Life, satire, society

One Day

The CM wakes up rubbing his eyes. Its 6:30! His wife is already in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the two children who are polishing their shoes and getting ready for the school. They are still not out of the sleep. ‘They’ includes the children and the wife. CM has to drop them to the…

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July 6, 2013

Stories

india, Life, story