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Each she saw him she felt a flutter in her heart. When her eyes met his, he looked away scornfully. The piercing angry gaze broke her into pieces. Choked with emotion, her tears begged to be let out, but she held them back fiercely. She was too much in the public eye. What would she do? "What would you do if you were her mama ?" "You know I don't know. But I know what I'll do if you don't leave for the institute quickly. Your result will be out soon." "Come on mama. You must have had someone, or at least had a crush. Why are you being so tight-lipped?" "Anisha, its already 5. Please put this book down and go to the institute." Anisha labored to get into her clothes and left begrudgingly. 20 years ago.  Dear Diary, I stepped into the gate for the first time today, and it felt like i walked right into Alice's rabbit hole. The next moment I am inside this magnanimous victorio-gothic structure with all kinds of carvin...

Dear Dad, These past three years have made me feel such a void that I couldn't resist penning down this letter to you. After all you have listened to my lamenting all your life, so why should things change in your afterlife. I'm not very articulate, but you and only you can hear me clearly through all my rambling. Ashita is your favorite and I am sure this will help her earn brownie points this time around too. And where does leave her rival because of whom I happened to you? Agreed that I married Ashu with your blessings and that I have my own pitfalls as a husband and she as a wife, but we have withstood the test of time. She's impulsive, hot-headed, and way too self-righteous for me to handle, but deep down within I know she has a good heart. Mum, on the other hand, has been living with this mortal phobia of being judged. She just has to be perfect and wear that mantle of an ideal mum. Neither of us have ever mandated this, but this is just her. And, yes, she ex...

“Oh him? He is slightly dumb, but he’s sweet.” “See I told you, you won’t believe me.” “Come on Alia, just let go.” “Sumi, just listen to Alia.” “Thanks Tarun. He comes too close for comfort, and if you even hint any resistance he  gives you the nastiest glares. Forget that, he started hounding me on project emails as well,  and for no apparent reason. Even the manager never said anything to him.” “On official email? How?” “He’s not that conversant in English, and in very confusing phrases he outright blamed me  for this outage. And when I asked for a clarification regarding what went wrong, he was even  more vague. And something tells me he is well-protected here too, given that even my manager  kept mum. This means women who work with him are not protected.” “Then raise it with ethics na.” “See Sumi, it’s not that simple. Like I said, someone here has him shielded. So he’s going to get  away with it. I’m angry enough to kick him where it ...