The creature seems to disappear, yet it absence
sometimes elicit chill to our spine, making us
spineless, helpless and hapless. It appears
without warning, for it enjoys the element of surprise.
It chases it prey inexorably, sometimes giving the hiatus
period only to chase us for longer distance. We are too afraid Continue reading “That ferocious creature”
Mr. Robson was scribbling on another sticky note. He had a meeting from 10 to 12, 2 to 4 and then 6 to 8 with different clients. In the last four months, eight people had left the organisation and as a result, Mr. Robson had a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders. He was working twelve hours per day now, even on 31st December.
“Well Mr. Robson, our organisation is going through a transition and because of which people are leaving us as they are uncertain of their future here. But don’t worry future is bright for us. Thanks for stepping up during this time.”, Mr. William, Robson’s boss told him during a meeting with senior management people as the attendees. It was followed by other topics like the future scope of enhancing the company’s revenue and other cost-cutting methods. Mr. Robson was not listening to empty promises made by pompous people in their expensive suits.
There is one thing that happens to nice people. They are, at some stage of life, taken for granted. People will say, “Oh, he will do it, because he is a complaisant person.” Doing so, they forget to express gratitude to those people. Even though Mr. Robson had been working Continue reading “Time and Space”
It’s a Wednesday morning and people were rushing to their destination. All vehicles were racing against time. One of them was a blue sedan with a woman at driver seat and a girl about nine years old sitting beside her. “My little Christie is quite these days… I cannot blame her for that. A lot has happened in the last ten days.” Carol thought. She applied brake like other cars in front of her. “These traffic lights seem to collude to make you late for school. What do you say, Christie?”, she said, hoping to break the deafening silence between them but she failed to do so. Christie was looking out away from her mother, apparently trying to locate something. “What is she looking for? Oh no, we are at that place again. I should have taken another route, even though it’s a bit longer.” Carol didn’t say anything to Christie about that. The music player changed the music. Carol felt her eyes getting moist. She quickly wiped her tears with tissue paper kept on the dashboard, Continue reading “Promise”
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