Timepass

Freelancer Florist Shivangi heads towards the elevator after stopping her car in the slot of  parking area. She took out the card from her wallet, swiped it at the entrance of lift, got inside the cabin and pushed 11 on the corner of board. Lift moves up with slight jolt. Before plunging completely in the scene what happened on the way, door of lift distracted her. She came out silently, opened the door of apartment. In front Sana was engrossed in reading. Shivangi stretched out on Sofa just then her mobile buzzed. She glanced over her mobile then she disconnected the line. Mobile keeps buzzing. Later She closed her eyes and threw mobile away after switching it off. ‘Is everything all right. Why don’t you pick up the call ’ Sana asked removing the glass. Shivangi didn’t reply. ‘Who is calling ?’ ‘Raj’ Shivangi replied opening her eyes. ‘Why don’t you speak ? ‘No.’ She said releasing her head on top of the sofa. Sana rises up from her chair, ke...

Animal Instinct His today’s activity was not different from the other days so as usual he looks exhausted, but happy and satisfied he wipes out sweats from his face from soily white cotton towel, brings down the weighty dirty bag from his shoulder, keeps it in corner of the room. He sits on mat lying in center of the room covered with red brown cotton sheet over it. He brings out a big piece of neatly tied cloth from his pocket of Kurta wherein he had tied coins after wrapping up his play. His hard earned money. He arranges those coins which were in different denomination, counts those coins and again ties them in that  dirty piece of cloth. He keeps that bundle beside his pillow and lays on bed, releasing all parts of body except his mind which always teased him when he was on bed. Few questions rise in his mind but he is illiterate, also a bit ostracized from the environment where he could get the answer. Foremost question which had always visited him was “ Who I am ?. He ...