Saturday, August 17, 2013

Where did she disappear?

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I thought I won’t notice her disappearance, but I did. Her blog lay unattended, her Facebook status obsolete and her phone switched off.

Was she sick?

Was she busy?

Was she on a holiday?

No! Actually, she was dead. She conveyed this piece of information to me through telepathy, just before her soul vacated her body.  

Yes, telepathy exists. It always has between the two of us.

Perhaps, she was born with some power she herself wasn’t aware of. Her mind always knew where to mind mine. They connected despite the distance in geography, she from Mumbai, me from Calcutta.  

Now, her grave rests in Mumbai.

Yet distance has lost its power. Now we belong to the same world. My 17th century grave rots in Calcutta.

Sharing my world with her should have come as a joy. But no, I feel lost; I am devastated; I miss her terribly. In her life and in my death, we were conjoined together by some psychic thread. But now that thread has snapped.

Telepathy works no more.




[This story has been penned for a contest run by Namrota Mazumdar at her blog post 



28 comments:

  1. Wow! The best i love about your writing is that, whatever i read i can actually see it happening in front of me...like you are knitting an invisible picture..... Lovely post Ritesh!

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    1. Hey bush...that was a very nice thing to say. U surely knw how to make me happy :))

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    2. I second Bushra Ma'm !! you narrate ... and I see it happening too .. I can connect to your stories !! awesome once again !!

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    3. Jack, u always say nicer things than i deserve. But i often study your writing and find that there is a great writer lurking beneath.

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    4. Ritesh you are right! Nitesh is a chupa rustam! :D

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    5. right, i toh knew that from the start :P

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  2. quite interesting. and congos on the win :)

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  3. This is quite unique ... loved the idea :-)

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  4. Very interesting and well crafted piece of fiction!

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  5. Lovely ...has mystery..emotions n darkness at the same time

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  6. Lovely ...has mystery..emotions n darkness at the same time

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    1. hey Aditi...thanks for dropping by and for your nice nice comments ^_^

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  7. Interesting short story. Loved the words "we were conjoined together by some psychic thread" Congrats for the first prize!!

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  8. Nice one Ritesh!! I wonder how much of it is fictional.. It is interesting and emotional. Well penned. Kudos!

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    1. The entire thing is fiction....i am still alive toh :P

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  9. Great One Ritesh..BTW Does telepathy really works?
    Loved this short story on telepathy..:)

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    1. I think telepathy shoudl work to an extent with some people

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  10. Touching story. Telepathy is one area wherein I like to know more about it

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    1. Yes it is a psyhic thing...one can weave fiction around it easily

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  11. Congratulations on winning the prize from Coffee Beans!!

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