imagination dead imagine

It happened to me on a cold, rainy mid-January night. At that time I was working in an old biscuit factory in small town of Sitapur. I worked there as an overseer, it was a tough job. One fine day I decided to quit the place, go home and be a teacher. Shambhu Master — the old teacher, was nearing 90 and was thinking of retirement, and hence, offered me the job. I was supposed to take-over from the beginning of new session in April. I wasn’t expected till then.
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It was a dark and stormy night, thus, I began to write. Well, I know that it is a classic literary cliche. Even the dog in Peanuts, starts all his stories with this line. But I don’t think that she knew it. She maybe quite adept at other literary nuances, but cliches are entirely in a league of their own. In fact she was quite pleased with the start. She had a very good reason to be appreciative of it, and that was, her easy relation to it.
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Indian cricket, these days, is in a bit of hole. First, there was the much awaited showdown between Jagmohan Dalmiya and Sharad Pawar, but sadly, it didn’t live upto its build up. The second spat involving the captain and the coach, though, gave enough fodder to the news-makers. Sourav Ganguly was called all the names that were there, and many more. It seemed that everyone had an opinion on the matter.
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Now she wants me to talk to a friend of hers, no I mean why should I, why is it always me that has to give in, why can’t I refuse, just say no, but silly me I just can’t. I don’t know what happens to me, is it she, or maybe its my own submissive nature; no, it’s just that I want to be so goddamned good that I cannot displease anyone. Oh God! I don’t know what to do, should I go ahead and talk to him. (more…)

The kind of theories and prejudices people have formulated towards the Business Process Outsourcing, or more commonly known as BPO, sector needs a paradigm shift. The industry as a whole has been adjudged with the phrasal adjectives like ‘a loser’s job’, ’short-term solution’, ‘way to fast-buck’, and many more; but any industry which offers good money, a different kind of social and moral outlook, a whole new lifestyle and is rumoured to be the next-big-thing always has its share of detractors yet everyone given an opportunity would like to travel the same highway to success. (more…)

“He…hello! Is it the cops?”
“Yes madam, how can I help you?”
“Mm…my husband, he hit me.”

The line went dead.

Knock, knock!
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a very many things have happened since i saw her last i think its been over a decade every morning i go out the place where she catches her school bus from then in the time after the noon i go out to look out for her school drop this thing happens i dont know why but for all these years i just couldnt find myself at the same time as her which inadvertantly resulted in our not meeting thats the reason i believe i am always late everywhere or maybe the cause causes the effect after this in the evenings i go into all the playfieds to catch a glimpse of her playing with her friends but same old thing happens once a more so this was what was the routine until today today i saw her coming alongwith her mates i rushed across hurriedly to meet her but but she had already left

-Ishan Dubey