Mashed potatoes embarrassed cries
By Ankita Sirker in True Story | পড়ার জন্য : 731 | পছন্দ: 0
I pretended to not know my father while on a flight to Dibrugarh. Don’t judge me yet. I’ll explain exactly why I did what I did. Year 2009: It was a beautiful windy morning here at Kolkata, in the month of December. Christmas, new year and chilly winter mornings – it was that time   বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Mar 28,2020 11:00 PM
Reunion Under The Blue Sky
By Rajalakshmi in True Story | পড়ার জন্য : 730 | পছন্দ: 0
REUNION UNDER THE BLUE SKY BY RAJALAKSHMI PRITHVIRAJ I wish I could turn back the clock and bring the wheels of time to a stop. I wish I could revert back to the date 30th August to be precise. The happening of that day that year is still etched in my mind. What followed later is something my famil  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 12,2020 02:17 PM
The Stranger
By Manoj Vaz Ramchandran in Poetry | পড়ার জন্য : 729 | পছন্দ: 0
THE STRANGER By Manoj Vaz   An unknown land bare and rundown, And I met a stranger there. Faces all around, known unknown, And I met my stranger there. A crowd I missed to walk alone, In the dark near the lake somewhere. No fear, no thoughts, no sins to atone, And I was with my stranger t  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 5,2020 09:09 PM
Job Interview
By Sandeep Gupta in General Literary | পড়ার জন্য : 729 | পছন্দ: 0
Dec 1, 2018. Mohan Gupta, sitting at the reception of a company, along with several other young boys .Company is a pharmaceutical giant and believes in smart and intelligent brains, with innovative ideas and enthusiastic approach. Mohan was holding his leather file, containing his academic certifica  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 18,2020 08:07 PM
Welcome Two Tier Solutions!
By Ramu Upadhaya in General Literary | পড়ার জন্য : 727 | পছন্দ: 0
Welcome Two Tier Solutions!   The world is flooded with prayers for getting justice. There are two categories of justice seeker – one supporting God, other law. God is a mysterious object or being, for the attack of logic, or the experiment of the laboratory has not been allowing the proo  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Mar 25,2020 08:42 PM
My Diary of 1971 - Living thru War, From Reel 2 Real
By Ratna Pande in True Story | পড়ার জন্য : 727 | পছন্দ: 0
Fr Gilson’s narration about the second world war, and his life as a child in Belgium, had left us spellbound. Initially the rest of that day had gone in silence while each one of us tried to internalise what he had shared. Just before the school ended we had gone to the Library to get some boo  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Apr 12,2020 06:42 PM
An Empty Room
By Hritik Dutta in General Literary | পড়ার জন্য : 726 | পছন্দ: 0
The room of a child. Warm yellow sunlight from the window illuminates toys scattered across the floor. There are pillows thrown all over the room even though there is a bed in the corner. The bedsheets have almost completely fallen on the floor. On the table beside the bed is a toy airplane with the  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Mar 27,2020 02:15 AM
Bonds.
By Christel in Poetry | পড়ার জন্য : 724 | পছন্দ: 0
Bonds. Life is filled with bonds we make, That sometimes last for long, Most often, for granted we take, Feeling nowhere to belong. Man is a social being, they say, A being that longs for love and care, Many a times expectations end in dismay, Life is blamed for being unfair. The heart fails to di  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Apr 23,2020 11:22 PM
Say you love me
By Barnali Basu in Romance | পড়ার জন্য : 724 | পছন্দ: 0
 “Preeti? Hello? What’s the matter with you?”Aryan demanded annoyed. Preeti blushed hard and muttered softly,”I’m sorry…..” Chastened, he smiled, “Exams are approaching and you are perpetually lost in dreams.We have to pay attention.”   বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 17,2020 01:04 PM
A dishonest friend
By Vusi Mxolisi Zitha in True Story | পড়ার জন্য : 723 | পছন্দ: 0
  Once; there was a man who was firmly attached to a certain woman in terms of friendship. A loyal man he was and indeed a man of honesty and integrity. As her own kind of challenge; the woman lured him into trusting her by glittering her face with innocence and a marvelous smile decorating h  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 20,2020 03:00 PM
My First Flight
By Tamanna Mohanty in General Literary | পড়ার জন্য : 722 | পছন্দ: 0
The shrill tone of the telephone woke me up from my nap. I sat upright and tried to trace back to reality. "Why are you blaming me? I didn't ruin your son." I scratched my little head. Who is she talking to? I tiptoed to the door of the room where mom was sitting on bed, phone to her ears. I could  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে May 9,2020 02:11 PM
Home
By Mirra in Poetry | পড়ার জন্য : 721 | পছন্দ: 0
Home; Oh it's not a place, it's a feeling A feeling of belonging.  Your comfort after a hard day,  Where all your worries are at bay!  It's a dad coming back to his daughter,  Or the only time you are surrounded with laughter!  To cheer you up when you are sombre,  Y  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Apr 6,2020 03:38 PM
Chaos
By Sumitra Krishna in Poetry | পড়ার জন্য : 721 | পছন্দ: 0
“So, how do I tell? My heart's loudest word is no but the quietest voice whispers out of my fear and stops me to grow. The fire in my soul is restless with chaos. The noises hold me back but my silence breaks my prison's bars.” By, Sumitra Krishna    বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Apr 30,2020 11:48 AM
A mother’s gift
By padma murughappun in General Literary | পড়ার জন্য : 720 | পছন্দ: 0
My mother loved jewellery - she had many sets of them made. But bangles always had a special place in her vanity. I have always seen her wear them on her wrists. They were gold, with elaborate designs on them. She had two sets of bangles – one for daily use and the other only for special occa  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Apr 24,2020 02:24 PM
Curfew
By Manohar Pandit in Humour & Comedy | পড়ার জন্য : 719 | পছন্দ: 0
As the Covid 19 was on rise in early March of 2020, restrictions were being imposed in New Jersey, USA to control spread of the disease. Socialization, the weekend parties were banned, but that did not deter the party mongers. Habits die hard. John never missed a weekend without partying. Howev  বেশি পড়ুন...
প্রকাশিত হয়েছে Jun 14,2020 02:16 PM