Society!! The illusive maze that surrounds us all…We all say and we have always said in the past that we ‘belong’ to something called a society. A sense of belongingness permeates our psychedelic senses that we are a part of something, that we are not isolated, that we too are …
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I was always a dog person… always had grown up with goofy Labradors . I had been a little intimidated by cats ( thought them to be a little aloof) though my heart would go a-flutter whenever I would come across those dangerously cute- as -a -button kittens as a …
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SOMEBODY CALLED A WOMAN She screamed out in terror…she could not breathe. It was as if her whole being was paralyzed, she realized that her broken body refused to move…maybe it was out of sheer fear or some primordial instinct to save herself. As she lay on the carpet, battered …
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The Journey (This was published in the Melange, The Sunday magazine of The Sentinel on 21st December, 2014) Maloti, a little eleven year old girl,was very happy that bright, cheery morning. Her big, almond-shaped eyes were greedily taking in the commotion of the mélange of people gathered on the small …
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PASSION (This was published in the Melange of the Sentinel on 4th August, 2013) It was a silent sight…an eerie silence engulfed the tall reeds by the little pond. Purnima sat alone, her serpentine body half-hidden among the tall reeds. The full moon gleamed in the sky……a bright round silver …
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Independence “Out!…. Out!” broke out an excited babble of voices in that late March afternoon. Ramendra Barua, a seventy-year old pensioner, smiled softly looking down from the balcony of his second- floor apartment. A group of happy, boisterous children were playing their favourite game of cricket in the apartment -building’s …
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HUMANITY (This was published in the Melange of the Sentinel on 5th January,2014) This is a true story, reminiscence from my maternal grandfather’s huge chest of priceless memories. The story which I am going to recount today is one of my recollections of the many evenings I had spent with …
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FREEDOM (This was published in the Melange, The Sunday magazine of The Sentinel on 1st June, 2014) The Jili insects were singing in unison….their loud ‘jirrr’- ‘jirr’ broke out from midst of the tall stalks of the rice field. Bapukon, a nineteen year-old boy softly treaded towards the small clearing …
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ENVY “Maa! Where is my new doll?” asked a furious Pahi, animosity reflecting in her brown eyes. “I bet Nirmali has hidden it! My new doll !” Pahi shrieked again. A plethora of things lay crooked on the floor. An array of clothes lay in an inert mess, gigantic stuffed …
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Conflict Whenever people drive on the highway on the fringe of the Kaziranga National Park, they always experience a different kind of ecstasy coursing through their veins. It is as if the dark green foliage of the forests would mysteriously seduce their senses, alluring the people to explore their deep- …
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Along Came Bonny Meghali Barua