I recently took part in a JaipurLitFest contest and happily (oh so happily) won!
The contest entailed writing a short story, all of 140 characters, on Twitter and needless to say, I wrote ten of them. I was one of the five winners and won free acco in Jaipur for all five days of the contest. Yay!
Here they are. And just to indulge me, which one do you think got me the prize?
Years later,she was still admiring his
style,till the waiter spilled coffee on his watch & he screamed,‘No! I have
to return it!’
Beg beg beg, no avail. Whistle to kill hunger.
One day,a tap,a stranger,a flute handed over mutely. 50 yrs later, the
Padmashree
Having got the deal,he couldn't wait to tell his
beloved family;elsewhere, a boy forsake a school award without his dad around
Giggling,they tipsied out of the bar,headed for
the play with that hot male lead. 40 yrs after college, life had only got
better
During
day, she wore the bahu, the bhabhi and the wife label with aplomb. Nights she
reserved only for the black label
She
was nervous, how would dad react to her boyfriend; He was nervous, how would
his daughter react to his boyfriend
Summer love. Was perfect. Then he decided to
migrate cross-country to be with her. She had no choice but to break-up
immediately
Three of them always together.The tall one made
her swoon,the shorter one smile.She picked the former.Guess she was the dumb
one
They met with a Big Bang,fell in love in a
Flash,but was as if their Stars were at War,the Breaking up was Bad.Winter was
Coming
He
swaddled her as a baby,pulled the blanket over her as she grew;today he wished
he'd died before having to wrap her in a kafn
