A Dream…
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The building stood tall and proud.
He looked at it with satisfaction and content.
Malls, hotels, clubs his sweat has laced the dreams.
Since childhood , he wanted to be an architect and give a good life to his siblings.
Alas ! Poverty turned him into a daily laborer like his parents.
This story is a 55 fiction format.
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This entry was posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:02 am and is filed under 55 Fiction. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
hey, you are bitten by that 55-fiction bug eh?!
Great!
Beautiful :)
Keep Smiling!
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poverty is really a curse to the society…it shatters the dreams of hundreds of such people….you explained it well!!
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A poignant one! Nice,A refreshing change from my dark ones.
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Oh that’s so cool! I hadn’t heard of 55 fiction before, and love what you created in that vein. I really like what I’ve seen so far on this blog!
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‘55 fiction’ is quite interesting! Must make mental note to dabble in this pool sometime!
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@ Shruti
Thanks.
@ RSV , Mani
Poverty is indeed a curse that pushes down the dreams of many people..
@ Megan
Thanks for the hearty appreciation !
@ Aneet
So hopefully we will see your 55F in GingerChai soon :)
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There is an award waiting for you in my blog.
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That one was a with a very unpredictable ending…quite nicely written
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aah! ur’s 55 are becoming amazingly refreshingly provocative !!!loving it…wants’ morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre!!!
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can this be called a 55 fiction? -
My friend Harish had a fight with his wife. ‘How was it settled?’ I asked.
“she kneeled down before me”-”and assured me that i’ll be safe”…
Harish was lying beneath the bed !!!
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@ Dhiman:
Thanks ! :)
@ Mr. Pramathesh Borkotoky:
:) juz checked it.. tx
@ sharat:
Lol … that was a funny 55 ! Made my day with that one ! Can’t stop laughing :D
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Nice.. the ending was the best. :)
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