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Lekha Warrior
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Rajshekar -The day of goodbyes - Chapter 9 - The Chronicles of the Youngest Child

As Daddy walked ahead with his trunk, Raj turned around and looked at the buildings of the Military Boarding School. He saw Sanjay waving down from his window. Most of the children had already left. Sanjay's father was into farming and he needed to find someone to take care of his fields before he could come pick him up. Raj waved back and then turned and walked to the gate...

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Tomichan Matheikal
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We Four

Every evening, just before the streetlights came alive, they would gather outside my gate. First came the brown one with a torn ear. Then the limping black dog. Finally, the smallest, white with muddy patches, always keeping a respectful or suspicious distance until I spoke. “Come,” I would say. That was all they needed. Now they come without invitation. My house has become their home too. I don’t know their names. I never named them myse.....

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ILA VARMA
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the-footsteps-that-never-left

One by one, the lights went out and echoing footsteps died away in the distance. I should have been terrified — and part of me was — but there was something almost tender in that fading rhythm, like a lullaby played backwards...

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