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  • STORIESDEC 2018

    Can you share a poem about love?

    I’m thinking of you Under the coconut tree When we whispered words I glided through like a chameleon From word traps And verbal images You were tired Trying to lean on me From the edge of an existence I apologized I was not interested I made a good long sentence Firm and full of common…

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  • STORIESSEP 2025

    ప్రేమ (కానని) కధలు — Part 2

    ఎప్పుడైనా ఐశ్వర్యం లోని వేదన గమనించావా ? నా ఫ్రెండ్ ఒక ఇంటి వైపు చూపిస్తూ నన్ను అడిగాడు . నేను సమాధానం చెప్పే లోపల అతనే “ వాంఛ, ఆశయం, కోరికల సాధనే ముఖ్యం అనుకునే ఈ ప్రపంచంలో తాతలు సంపాదించిన ఆస్తిని ఏమి చేయాలో తెలియక , ఎలా అనుభవించాలో అర్ధం కాక కొంత మంది వ్యక్తులు మనకు అప్పుడప్పుడు కనపడుతుంటారు. ఛెకొవ్ లాంటి రచయితలు అయితే అందు లోని వేదనను ఇట్టే పసికట్టగలరు…

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  • STORIESAUG 2025

    స్వామీజీ వండిన హల్వా

    “ఇదిగో ఇది వడ్డించుకోండి . ఇది నేనే వండిన హల్వా “ ఆశ్రమంలో స్వామీజీ మాకు భోజనం వడ్డిస్తూ హల్వా వెంట తీసుకొచ్చాడు. అప్పటికే ఉప్పు కారం లేని కూరలతో భోజనం చేయలేక చప్పిడి భోజనం త్వరగా అయిపోతే బాగుండు అనుకుంటున్నాము . గిన్నెలో ముద్దగా ఉన్న హల్వా తినక తప్పదా అని ఫీల్ అవుతూ ఉన్నాము. “ఇది గుమ్మడికాయ, బెల్లం తో చేసిన హల్వా. చాలా బాగుంటుంది” స్వామీజీ మా ఇద్దరికీ హల్వా వడ్డించాడు .…

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  • STORIESAUG 2023

    Park Diary

    I was walking down the pathway in the park.I felt I was walking on the mountain green. I had a vision of Wordsworth climbing the hills and meadows with his lamb by his side. It was indeed an overwhelming feeling. I still feel so. But as I left the park and started to reach home,…

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  • STORIESAUG 2023

    That Far in Love

    Who was she? This struck me repeatedly. She was young and in the full bloom of her youth. She didn’t seem to be clever. Though she was not over thirty, she appeared to be over forty. She had dry, ragged hair, an unkempt appearance, and seemed to want hygiene and cleanliness. She seemed to have…

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  • STORIESJUNE 2023

    Summer Rain –A Sketch

    I’m not a painter. I only have words and phrases to paint the beauty of summer. What if we have rains in summer? Some time ago it did happen and I could not let the moment go without attempting a portrait of it. Summer has set in. With the onset of summer there is a…

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  • STORIESJAN 2022

    A Medley of Melodies

    A medley of melodies recreates a scene. Amidst the green coconut grove,Iam seated opposite a small water body.Verdant green shoots have sprung all around the pool.White garden roses are waving at me.All around it is calm and quiet.I want that moment frozen .I want to believe that,that moment will reveal something to me.Some everlasting truth,some…

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  • STORIESOCT 2021

    SHANTA

    Deepika’s Mother was not keeping well. Deepika had been asking her mother to see a Doctor. It was the same today. “Mummy, please go to the Doctor. You are not well”. “No Deepika, I will be fine. It is just a headache. You get ready for college. Pack something for your evening. You have your…

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  • STORIESFEB 2021

    NARMADA MA

    “The rains are here at last “ said Grandmother. ‘Yes the weather forecast yesterday said there would be heavy rain for a few days’ I said setting aside all my books to look at the rain drops falling on the garden roses. It had been a very hot summer. We knew it very well. Our…

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  • STORIESJAN 2021

    The Music room

    Have you seen the music room? No- not in the day When it is agog with people as the court demands its share of fun Not when the Sunlight is bright and clear When the roses in the vase are young and fresh The birds come to visit Through the open windows Not when a…

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  • STORIESSEP 2025

    స్వప్న సుందరి

    ఒక బిడియమైన విద్యార్థి, ఒక చలాకీ అమ్మాయి, హాస్టల్ గదుల మధ్య మొదలైన చూపుల ఆట — ఆకర్షణ, ఊహ, అమాయకత్వం కలిసిన చిన్న కథ.

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  • STORIESSEP 2025

    ప్రేమ (కానని) కధలు — First Story

    A beginning that lingers — between what is said and what remains unspoken.

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