ayanmisra
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I have 173 stories published in
9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 124550 times
and 7 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Radio Blue
"Hello people,this is Radio Blue,only hits all day. I am starting Basic Blue,your very own show.I am RJ MissMe.Did you miss me? As these words came out of the radio Ian was all ears.It was one pm.He had just returned from college.And the first thing he did after coming back everyday was to listen to Basic Blue,his favorite show on his favorite FM channel Radio Blue.What goes without saying is that his favorite Radio Jockey was MissMe.He had no idea about how this lady looked or say her dress sense.But he was an absolute devotee of her singsong voice that had this lilt in it.What impressed him even more was her great sense of humour.She came up with punchline after punchline delievered with the right mix of sternness and sarcasm.He would often tell his friends that he had fallen in love with RJ MissMe.But they discouraged him by reminding that he had neither seen or spoken to this fine lady whose voice was quite the craze.In all the colleges of Calcutta they had RJ MissMe fan clubs.Her birthday which was known to all was celebrated with pomp and gaiety.It was rumoured that RJ MissMe attended these celebrations,albeit incognito.
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Quilt
Ian and Richa are in school.Ian is the younger and is in the sixth grade.Richa is in the eighth grade.They both study at South Point School.Their parents are both doctors.Papa is a psychiatrist while Mama is a general practioner.Generally,the children spend their day in daycare.But the daycare centre is closed today for repair and renovation work.Hence,the children are at home today.They were tired after a hectic day at school.They however were not eager to take a nap.Instead they decided to explore the hitherto locked up attic.Papa wanted to take out some old books and had thus opened the attic.The children had no idea what was inside that room but were curious about the place.So,they ran up to the roof.Inside the attic,they found many things.There were their parents' school books,there was some old furniture,there were a few porcelain vases.All belonging to a different age and epoch.But what engaged the childrens' attention was this.It was an old quilt made of pink silk.It looked rather fancy and also appeared to have been given a thorough dusting.Richa decided to take the quilt downstairs to their room.So they did.Then,the children began to study on the quilt.Both had Maths tests the next day and were worried.But before they knew it both the kids had dozed off on the quilt.
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Policeman's Diary
August 24:It has been a busy day on my beat.We visited a house in Golf Green to investigate a theft.Can't really call it a theft.What happened was this.Mrs Sen had invited her new neighbour Mrs Das for afternoon tea.Mrs Das was wearing beautiful ornaments.Mrs Sen was impressed.A few days later Mrs Das again visited the Sens,with a small request.Her ornaments had been sent for polishing.So could Mrs Sen please lend her diamond necklace.Generally,Mrs Sen does not lend her stuff to anyone.But in this case she made an exception.Neither Mrs Das nor the necklace were to be found again.It seemed that the Das family had requested the owner of the flat to let them stay only for a month and he had acceded.Well the family reported the matter to us,the police.We have thoroughly combed the Das' flat.There are certainly no clues there.Our inspector has sent Mrs Das' descriptive portrait to all police stations.Lets see what happens.
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Outrage
Ian Batter is a frustated man.He has just lost his fourth job in three weeks.He is divorced and is wife is happily married elsewhere.Batter is angry.He is angry with the whole world.He is forty-two years old and has a drinking problem.He also has a huge mortgage on the only thing that is still dear to him.His Beetle.Its a second-hand car but Batter is so insolvent that he had to take a loan to buy it.He studied law as a young man.But all his life he has been an accounts clerk.People tire of him pretty easily.They say he is lazy,that he uses colourful language of and on.Most of all the man has no idea about credit and debit.Still,as much as he tries,the only job Batter can get is in accounts.And he loses these jobs right,left and centre.But today was something bad.Something shattered inside him.Maybe a breakdown is on its way.He has had them before.
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Nearsighted
Oil Dooars is a small tea town in the himalayan foothills.The place developed around the several tea gardens at the east end of town.Most of the people are poor and uneducated.A few have gone elsewhere to educate themselves and stayed on in that better place.Some have even come back to work in the tea estates in various capacities. Twenty five year old Ian Batter has recently acquired a mail-order degree.He has also become aware of the female of the species lately.His father is a head clerk in Batra Tea Garden.Though Ian had performed well in high school,his father could not afford to send him to college in Tiger Grove.Or Calcutta for that matter.So Ian was forced to join a correspondence course which gave him a three part degree in one year.Naturally such a degree was of little use to Ian.Then,he discovered girls.He saw them wherever he went.He had seen them before of course but now he knew what these people looked like.He was impressed by their beauty,their grace,their elegance.And by what they meant to him.And then his cousin Arin came visiting.
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