Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43

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Welcome once again! I am keeping it simple this week with a picture prompt. Image Credit: Mary Shelley The format can be a a story/poem/rant/anecdotes/journalistic coverage of events/ reflections as usual. Please give due credit to the image. Pour out, and let it flow …. LAST WEEK’S ROUND-UP Reena Saxena at https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/myth-of-equality/ hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43

Diamonds

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The old man smiled at his favorite son, in half-conscious state, mind de-capacitated by dementia. He looked at his late wife’s picture and said, “She did a good job of raising the children. They are my ‘diamonds’.” He died a few hours later, without knowing that the tenderness he saw was merely the professional bedside … Continue reading Diamonds

Denizens of Darkness

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Puffy, fluffy monstrosities in the shape of clouds swooped on Planet Earth. The grey devils carried within them an overload of evil, ready to rain on the world, and inject the poison into the world constitution. The Earth used to receive these lethal outpourings in small doses, but the mind-sets of its denizens gradually changed. … Continue reading Denizens of Darkness

Proof

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It was a break-in. I turned the house upside down. The outdated musical equipment lying in the basement held no interest for me. The papers with hand-written musical notes did. This place belonged to an award-winning musician. I had found the required proof to sue him. The music was stolen. I am the original composer, … Continue reading Proof

Just an apple

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I wonder why the alphabet starts with A for Apple. It might as well have been Art or Articulation or Abstraction. A bite from a single apple by the First Lady was given astronomical powers to change the destiny of the human race. Aeons later, the logo of a half-eaten apple captured the imagination of … Continue reading Just an apple

Where Are We?

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After the Moon and Mars, this is the third planet discovered and captured by us." "Do you think you are a reincarnation of Columbus? This is America, the country where we were born and raised." "Look at the landscape around. We separated from the rest of the world with our policies, and then, were annihilated … Continue reading Where Are We?

Mission accomplished

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It is not easy being a solo traveller and female. It is not at all easy being in a foreign land, and not knowing the local language. In this outgoing culture, there were many people who expressed interest in knowing more about me, but I instantly withdrew into a shell. Metaphorically, I disappeared, as I … Continue reading Mission accomplished

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 42

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I came across an interesting piece and style of writing by Rob Brezsny. The art of expanding a word or idea or concept into more, performing a surgery on it and expressing it only as a writer can – is not only commendable, but something I bow in reverence to.  DEFINITION: THE FEAR The fear … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 42

Face behind

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“I work for Brand Shahrukh”, declared the renowned actor Shahrukh Khan. Polished exteriors and edited highlights make them the grand success that celebrities are. I felt the rawness of my authenticity turning and churning inside uncomfortably, with an externally imposed sense of inadequacy. Six years later, my hands tremble as I receive the National Award … Continue reading Face behind