Prologue
Shweta screamed. Rajwanti pushed her daughter inside the room and locked it. She was shaking and screaming herself when she grabbed the sheet lying outside and started beating out the fire … with little success. Her neighbors rushed in with buckets of water.. the smell of burning flesh mixed with kerosene pervading...
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The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, mostly working men and women and young college guys and gals. Near the window, sat an old man with his 30-year-old son.
As the train moves, the son is overwhelmed with joy because he is thrilled by the scenery outside.
"See dad,...
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She lived a life which was luxurious compared to normal standards. She wanted to have everything in life. No morals posed a barrier for her. She was very influential… her very pious husband, cunning daughters, useless sons, all fell in line when she wanted them to… except her eldest son. She had a...
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The Beginning
Jyoti and Jeevan were ready to explore their new world. Jyoti the ever calm, ever obedient, unfazed. Jeevan full of life, curious, adventurous and volatile but well meaning. Prakriti’s offspring were well brought up and hardly went wrong.
The moment had come for their great journey – a learning experience as their mother...
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Foreword: The female of the species is always deadlier than the male.
His skin tingled next to hers- smooth and soft . Her lips , pressed against the base of his neck ,coursed a path of fire down to his chest.. Her tongue slowly caressing and teasing and just when he felt he was...
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The Incident:
To the curious bystander it was nothing new when one afternoon they saw a woman of around thirty years run, screaming hysterically after a young lad of around 12 years who had a ladies purse with him. Snatching was a common occurrence over there. There was a slum cluster nearby. The locality...
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It’s Saturday afternoon. After a hectic week in classes and tests there is a respite for two days. She shampoos her hair, dries it.
Gets ready… Wears the pale pink flowing dress… Some lipstick…Some perfume….
5′0 clock at the watch… time for him to arrive at any moment… for her first date… she glances at...
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