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Random Diary - Strange Worlds - Distant Travles -Random Diary - Strange Worlds - Distant Travles -Short stories, thoughts and poems inspired by weird people encountered during distant travels to strange worlds. Articles
Link to stories
2008-05-21 07:35:00 As the main body of the blog only has story notes, you need to follow these links to read the stories. Some stories are drafts, apologies for glaring mistakes. Snatches from the portrait of Mrs. Rashmi Prabhakar http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/snatches/ The view from Meerzicht http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/the-view-f rom-meerzicht/ Eurobond’s Clinic http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/eurobond/ Upstairs Downstairs http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/upstairsdo wnstairs/ The boy who became a paper plane http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/paper-plan e/ The Reluctant Superhero [not available] http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/superhero/ Overcoat http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/overcoat/ On The Bus http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/on-the-bus / Invocation: Neelima/Gopaldass http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/neelimagop aldass/ ... More About: Stories , Link
Revelation
2008-05-17 00:11:00 Dear Gopaldass, The lines… they are all there. Well, almost all of them. Brain, Heart, Travel, Family. But until today, I never realised that I am missing a very important one. Fate. Apparently I don’t have one. I looked at my hand under the brightest line, but could not find even a faintest trace of my fate in ... More About: Revelation
Felixible Gods
2008-04-14 16:13:00 I really don’t know what all the fuss is about. I mean, I have flexible Gods . There is one for each day, a total of seven. I could have more, but then the rituals would become complicated. I tried once, but it was extremely confusing. So I stick to a simple routine now. I mean I can ...
Links to stories
2008-03-27 17:09:00 As the main body of the blog only has story notes, you need to follow these links to read the stories: The view from Meerzicht http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/the-view-f rom-meerzicht/ Snatches from the portrait of Mrs. Rashmi Prabhakar http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/snatches/ The boy who became a paper plane http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/paper-plan e/ Eurobond’s Clinic http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/eurobond/ The Reluctant Superhero http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/superhero/ Upstairs Downstairs http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/upstairsdo wnstairs/ Overcoat http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/overcoat/ On The Bus http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/on-the-bus / Invocation: Neelima/Gopaldass http://gopaldass.wordpress.com/neelimagop aldass/ Some stories are drafts, apologies for glaring mistakes. ... More About: Stories , Links
Hector?s Plan
2008-03-25 15:43:00 Dear Meenakshi, Saroja loves me with such intensity that I worry Imay forget you. But I have a plan. I am going to mould her in your image… and her voice will be your voice. Am I going mad? I don’t know. Hector More About: Plan
Exploring the plot
2008-03-25 00:19:00 Hector dearly loved with his wife and he knew that she loved him back with an equal intensity. But there was something not quite right with her. He felt it a few months after the wedding. It was just a sliver of irritation under his skin which appeared every time he spent more than two hours in her company. At first ... More About: Thoughts , Frog , Exploring , Plot
Frog Episode 10
2008-03-24 16:51:00 Hector’s Notebook December 31st, 1975 Dearest Meenakshi, All I wanted was to be with you and I cannot bring myself to accept that this dream will never come true. I miss you… I can hear your voice almost all the time. Hector More About: Episode , Frog
Frog Episode 9
2008-03-24 16:39:00 Hector’s Notebook August 15, 1975 Meenakshi, Two weeks ago I received the news from Rangaswami. He said you father has fixed your marriage with another ex-student from America and that you are to be married today. By the end of this day I too will be a married man. I do not blame you for what has happened. But I hope ... More About: Episode , Frog
Frog: Omnibus
2008-03-24 16:30:00 ?Come in,? Hector shouted as the clock struck twelve. Saroja stepped inside the laboratory with a tray of food. Hector removed the conical flask from underneath the distillation tube and carefully poured the viscous brown liquid into a beaker and gave it to his wife. Saroja put the tray on the floor and took a small sip from the beaker. The liquid ... More About: Frog
The girl that could not win
2008-03-23 21:34:00 The studio audience applauded as the four finalists took centre stage and stood in single file. Three of the girls exchanged confident looks. They were sure one of them would be picked as the winner. ‘And the next round,’ announced the television presenter, ‘will decide the winner of the competition.’ As was customary, the audience started applauding just before the live ... More About: Girl , The Girl
Fat Girls Don?t Win
2008-03-22 23:46:00 All three finalists stood in single file, waiting for the results to be announced. ‘There would only be one winner,’ the judge said. ‘Yes, we know that,’ thought all the contestants at once. Everyone knows that, the judges, the audience, the contestants. But this year, things were slightly different. There was a fat girl standing in ... More About: Girls
Quotation
2008-03-22 23:28:00 ‘Replace the eagerness for fame by the aspiration for perfection.’ - The Mother
The boy who eventually became a paper plane
2008-03-16 22:09:00 After the birthday party the night before, Shreyas was the first one to get up the next morning. He quietly walked past his parent’s bedroom and opened the door to Sonali’s room. At once he felt a pang of jealousy when he saw her birthday presents. Sonali was still sleeping, her bed an island in the middle of a sea of ... More About: Paper , Plane
Daadi?s haunted sunglasses
2008-03-16 22:09:00 Story Segment: The boy who eventually became a paper plane …Shreyas got up early the next morning. He quietly walked past his parent’s bedroom and opened the door to Sonali’s room. At once he felt a pang of jealousy when he saw her birthday presents. Sonali was still sleeping, her bed an island in the midst of this rich bounty ... More About: Sunglasses , Haunted
It is such a pity?
2008-03-16 10:46:00 That the fat girl didn’t win. Everyone said she was proper enthusiastic and had everything working in her favour. What can one say? I suppose thats life. More About: Pity
Roopranjana?s Feet - Part 2
2008-03-16 00:27:00 Three years ago Roopranjana had been leading a very different life. She was living in Delhi, and after recently graduating with a degree in English, was about to join a well respected publishing company as a junior editor. On the first day of the job she met Shonali, another English graduate trainee from Calcutta. They helped each other learn the ropes ... More About: Feet , Part
The reluctant superhero
2008-03-14 10:06:00 Close to midnight a small red car turned into the street. The driver seemed to have a very unsteady hand and the car was swaying dangerously. I had just left my perch for the last time and was preparing to go to bed when I spotted it. Standing by the window I followed the car down the street until it stopped ... More About: Superhero , Red Car
The view from Meerzicht
2008-03-12 01:01:00 Note: First draft finished very late at night in a big haste. Needs work, apologies for erros of various sorts. They came this morning. It was just after breakfast when I heard the first ominous sounds in the distance. As I stepped outside I saw a large white truck slowly moving down the main street from across the village. It ... More About: The View , View , Short Story
Trite
2008-03-11 16:15:00 Now that my health has begun to fail, I prefer to sit by the window and contemplate the day I shall be released from the bondage to this land. On the rare occasions when the sun shines at its fiercest I can still catch a glimpse of the great lake hiding behind the golden reeds in the distance. This precious view reminds me of the freedom that will ...
The view from Meerzicth Episode 3
2008-03-09 22:08:00 The view from Meerzicth Episode 3 - The divisions created by the church In the years after the flood both churches made a great show of joining hands to help the community. At the same time the members of the clergy were engaged in a petty battle which they carried out in stealth. Both sides devised what they supposed ... More About: The View , View , Episode 3
The view from Meerzicth Episode 2
2008-03-08 22:55:00 The view from Meerzicth Episode 2 - Jan talks about growing up in the village I was born in the year of the great flood of the north. It rained for three days and three nights after which the lakes and canals suddenly swelled and swallowed most of Friesland. My mother would often say that the year of my birth ... More About: The View , View , Episode 2
Roopranjana?s Feet - Part I
2008-03-08 15:05:00 ‘What is it?’ Roopranjana yelled for the sixth time. She was in the middle of her shower when Bijoy called out to her. She had given Bijoy strict instructions never to disturb her in the shower unless there was something extremely urgent. Feeling extremely annoyed she slapped open the shower curtain and opened the bathroom door and called out to ... More About: Feet , Part
headache?
2008-03-08 14:48:00 Gopaldass, looks like this one is going to be headache. You have to remain calm and keep working at the solution. Remember the projects are getting more and more challenging only because your goals are higher. If you give up now then you will loose all that you have worked so hard to develop. Don’t loose the ... More About: Headache
The view from Meerzicth Episode 1
2008-03-08 14:34:00 The view from Meerzicth Episode 1 - Introducing Jan van Dijk My name is Jan van Dijk. I am close to eighty years old. I live in a small cottage at the edge of the village. These days I spend my time sitting by the window waiting for the brief moments when the sun chooses to shine fiercely. On these rare occasions ... More About: The View , View , Episode 1
Protected: Conversation
2008-03-07 13:09:00 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. More About: Dialogue , Conversation
Musings
2008-03-05 22:36:00 … and so hand in hand they walked towards the vast expanse of flat fields to spend a day amidst the nothingness. More About: Musings , Plot
The boy who eventually became a paper plane
2008-02-17 23:46:00 Place holder for a short story about a senstive, soft-spoken little boy who becomes a paper plane when his mother sends him out to play with a group of boys he doesnt like very much. It is a great pity because just the night before he had had a lot of fun when he danced to ... More About: Paper , Plane , Snippet
Middle aged lady: Range of emotions
2008-02-10 23:53:00 Smile Nancy Brown has thick grey hair which she likes to keep short. Her favourite outfit is the black and white striped top with the sleeveless fleece jacket and black trousers. Nancy has beautiful shiny white teeth. Everytime she smiles the wrinkles in the corner of her eyes disappear into her cheeks and her eyes twinkle. Everyone loves Nancy’s smile which ... More About: Emotions , Lady , Middle , Range
Grrr?
2008-02-10 22:20:00 I dislike middle-aged ladies, whose thoughts I cannot fathom. You win Nina! You shall remain an anonymous character with no backstory. I hope you’re happy with that. As a consequence Eurobond’s Clinic reads like a silly little tale instead of what I wanted it to be. Sadly you make a terrible spinster and a fraud married ...
The argument for Nina
More articles from this author:2008-02-04 23:29:00 Nina could be many things. She could be a spinster satisfied with the state of her life. Or she could be a happily married woman. The matter of greater importance is the event which triggers the panic attack that drives her to Eurobond’s clinic. Is it the case of the spinster waking up one morning to ... More About: Character , Nina 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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