Swirling Emotions

  The summers were the best in 2000. Every morning from April to June Rahim chacha used to come to with his cart chanting “Buddhi Ke Baal Wala Aaya, Khushiyan Laya” and kids of the colony rushed to him with sheer excitement. Kamla one of those kids was Rahim chacha’s favourite. Every time Rahim chacha visited the colony, Kamla would be the first one to run towards him and sit on the front porch of his cart. She used to travel the whole colony with him. Seeing vegetable vendors and greeting them, seeing children rushing towards Rahim chacha and watching the preparation of cotton candy with the wooden machine, eating the cotton candies for free and in the evening getting off at her house. Leaving Rahim chacha alone for a night. Rahim chacha had a daughter named Tasnim. Then he used to work in a factory as a metalsmith. His daughter was very fond of cotton candies. He and his daughter every Sunday went to eat the cotton candies in the Bazaar. He used to hold her daughter’s hand and ...

Rahul, a 16-year-old boy, lives with his mother in Bengaluru. One day, when he was cleaning his bookshelf he found an old diary of his mother. He as a kid was super excited to read what were his mother’s ideas and do she commits mistakes too? or does she have secrets? He started reading it and discovered his mother was a private detective and was highly impressed by her profession. He out of joy ran towards her mother and told her about him reading her diary. His mother got nervous as she was supposed to keep her profession a secret forever. Rahul’s mother was very passionate about her job, she always felt proud that she has got a chance to serve her country and she wanted to do the best for it. The country was her first love and she eliminated every person from her life who tried to intervene in her profession. Once when she went out for investigation with her colleague and her husband mistook that she was cheating on him. On being upon asked the truth, she chose to divorce her husban...

Teej: An Indian festival where married women fast for the happy and prosperous life of their husbands. Women usually get ready like a bride. They apply Henna on their hands and flowers on their hair. It is happy festival where women and men come together and celebrate it. The festival is losing its importance as the new generation doesn't know about how it started. It would be interesting to know how it will be in 2050. Imagine a woman who is married to a man for around one year and they will be celebrating teej for the first time. She will wear her wedding dress with heavy makeup and jewelry and try her best to look like a bride again. She will fast whole day but more than fasting she will be posting stories on Instagram, the morning one will be like, “I’m ready to fast, I will do my best to protect my husband from evils. #IAMSTRONG”, the noon one will be little different as till now she would have observed her husband eating like monkeys and not offering her food, “we women can...

The season of Raksha Bandhan has started. Every sister is trying to shop the best rakhi’s for their irritating brothers and the brothers think rakhi is only an investment to earn ten times profit in seconds. Anuj, a neurologist, and neurosurgeon is treating COVID patients this year. He was called to Mumbai from Jabalpur as the number of COVID cases was increasing drastically in Mumbai. He has a younger sister, Supriya, who is studying for MBA. They have an amazing and interesting relationship. Like every brother, Anuj also teases his sister you are nothing without me, you are adopted and mother loves me more. One day when he came back from the hospital, he was in a bad mood as his surgery was not successful. He asked a glass of water to Supriya to which she refused to give and asked him back to help himself. He, in anger and frustration, roared in a very high voice, “You are so lazy that can’t give me a glass of water. You are no one to be taken care of, one day when I won’t be there a...