Butterflies and Hurricanes

Life the universe and everything

When we meet again

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October 11, 2016

When I see you again, I’ll ask you, If you still have dried patches of toothpaste on your T-shirts. And whether you often drift off in movie theaters. Do you still not comb your hair? Do you still tuck it behind your ears when it gets long? When I…
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dream, friends, happiness, home, Life the universe and everything, lost, love, memories, nostalgia, pain, past, people, random, thoughts, time

Cinder and Smoke

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October 6, 2016

My body automatically stiffens around 7:30 every morning because I know the alarm is going to go off soon. I don’t want it to ring. I don’t want to get out of my blanket. I pull it closer around me, making sure there is no room for any light to make…
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childhood, college, crazy, didoo, family, friends, friendship, fun, happiness, holidays, home, leaving, life, Life the universe and everything, lost, love, madness, memories, moments, nostalgia, past, people, Poetry, school, short stories, silly, sister, thoughts, time, words, work, writing

Walking with Didi

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August 2, 2016

She always walked two steps ahead of me. Maybe because her legs were way longer than mine, and I had to walk twice as fast to keep up with her. But mostly because I was always too sleepy to be brisk walking so early in the morning. I would hastily shuffle…
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Bangalore, books, family, home, India, innocence, Life the universe and everything, love, moments, nostalgia, past, short stories, thoughts, time, Travel, words, work, writing

Chinky saves the day

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July 22, 2016

My little plastic box was baby pink, with multicoloured hearts all over it. It had a circular space right in the centre, with a transparent lid that let me see the contents inside at all times without having to open the box. It had all the money I had ever…
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Bangalore, Bombay, breeze, fiction, freedom, friends, friendship, happiness, holidays, home, independence, innocence, Life the universe and everything, love, memories, rain, short stories, silly, thoughts, writing

Staring at nothing

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June 16, 2016

“Do you stare at nothing anymore?” Ann had placed the book beside her, the bookmark’s string hanging sleepily between the pages. Ed looked at her as she sat on the cane swing in their balcony on a not-so-typical-Wednesday morning. They both had woken up feeling a little hungover, decided to call in…
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