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Tomichan Matheikal
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Religion of Hunger

The Chhatarpur temple bells began ringing in the distance. A faint Azaan drifted from beyond the metro station. Between the two sounds sat the boy, chewing desperately, belonging to neither and both...

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Tomichan Matheikal
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A Sigh in Akeldama

Nobody in Jerusalem went near Akeldama after sunset except dogs, madmen, and the little orphan girl who slept among the tombs. One day the girl woke up in the middle of the night hearing someone sobbing. Who would be crying in this place abandoned by God and men alike? Frightened though she was, Hadassah’s curiosity got the better of her and she came out of the cave where she was sleeping. A couple of caves away, one man sat sobbing. Hadassah gathered cour.....

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Sathish
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His Old Typewriter

He enjoys the sound of his old typewriter, the click and tik which makes the letter appear on the paper and a mirror image of the letter sculpted behind the paper. Every letter he types sounds like the ‘cling’ of the coin when spindled in towards the sky and the minuscule gap where air pass is like the swish of the coin rotation in the air. Why does it keeps growing, the sentences have to be broken down to lines and full stops and the machine has to be moved to right.....

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