Nibha Gupta's Blog, page 19

Closing Another Chapter #MumbaiMemoirs

I roam aimlessly from one room to another, searching something or may be not.. I don’t know.. or may be I do.. I am looking for the memories hidden in every corner of this house I have been living in for the past one and a half year.
“Did you book the tickets yet? Ready to write the new chapter?” came a text from a friend.
Yes, my one way ticket without any return journey scheduled. Am I happy? I should be. Am I sad? I should be. But I am numb. I book the 10am flight to Delhi. Yes, this was i...

(Z)oo Of Emotions #AtoZChallenge

He woke up before her. He looked at her and smiled.  He then picked up his phone and walked out of the room. In his study awaited his newspaper. Browsing through the newspaper his attention was repeated distracted by the notifications on his phone. Few minutes later, he resigned to the notifications of social media. Xyz updated his status: Getting married to the love of my life. Abc posted a follow: Having lunch with my fiance. Pqr posted new status: Thank you for the lovely flowers! I love y...

Yet To Be #AtoZChallenge

“You have changed a lot Mia”, he spoke pausing a moment from writing the current assignment.
“Why do you say so?” She replied but not pausing even for a second.
“Your habits, words, dress-up..everything!”
She smiled in response. She knew what he was referring to, even she couldn’t deny them for she had noticed those changes in herself too.
“He has changed you, hasn’t he? Your everything speaks of him now”, he said, questions on his face, one after the other.
“No not really. It’s just that lov...

(X)ylophone #AtoZChallenge

The food waited in front of her on the table but she didn’t look at it. She kept staring out from the window and kept checking the door after every few minutes.
She looked at the clock again and again, getting restless by every moment.
Finally the doorbell rang and she ran towards the door to open it. There was the person she was waiting for. She searched the bag of the person but couldn’t find what she was searching for, her favourite chocolate.
“Hey sweetie what are you searching for?”
“Wh...

The (W)ait #AtoZChallenge

Another hour has passed. Yet no news of him. She waited at the dining table, her eyes fixed on the laptop in front of her but her mind was elsewhere.

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His meeting had gone far beyond the stipulated time. He was becoming restless and kept glancing at his mobile. It was time.

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She kept glancing at the food kept on the table and then at her phone. He had not seen any of the messages let alone reply them. Calls have gone unanswered. Her eyes were drooping now. Her stomach had stopped hoping fo...

The (V)erdict #AtoZChallenge

“Just tell him..”
“…No..No you shouldn’t”
“What if…”
“..It’s always better to clear the air…” “..blah blah….blah blaah..”
She paced from here to there. Too many thoughts running through her mind. Should I or should I not? All the advises and suggestions that she had been imparting others since ages, were coming back to her all at once now. But it was about her story this time and she would be the one to deal with the consequences. She cursed herself for letting things be like the they were. S...

(U)ntold Story #AtoZChallenge

“What do you think Rishi?” she asked him, staring at him.
“About what?” he said, his eyes never leaving her face.
She took another sip of her cold coffee. They were sitting in their favourite cafe, at their regular seat by the window. It began to rain. Rains was his favourite but he would miss her sight even for the rain. It would have made a perfect date, if only…
“About Raj, Rishi! What do you think? Does he love me?” she broke his reverie mercilessly.
“How could I tell anything about it?...

(T)wisted Fate #AtoZChallenge

He adjusted his tie, standing in the front of the full-length mirror on his bedroom wall. After all these years, his looks could still kill and so could his smile if only he chose to smile. But if only anybody looked through beyond his glasses into those almond brown eyes.  His black tuxedo still looked new withstanding effect of time and he would be lying if he said he wasn’t surprised to fit into it. But wearing this for the first time was symbolic to him. As the memories of the day when he...

The (S)upper #AtoZChallenge

Today was pleasant day. With clouds rescuing the city from the scotching sun and cool sea breeze swaying the trees, it made a pleasant sight from her balcony. She had woken up rather late today. She grabbed the newspaper and her morning cup of coffee and sat in her balcony enjoying the breeze. Sometime passed by and the newspaper had been replaced by Love in the time of Cholera, her current read. Her phone was somewhere in some corner of the house she didn’t bother checking.

The doorbell run...

(R)eturn Of Love #AtoZChallenge

They both stared at the skyline and city beneath them, both each lost in different set of their own thoughts. Sitting at the terrace so high up in the air, she wasn’t scared of falling from that height anymore; for she had already fallen from where there was no return. She called it a trap, what people usually called love. She looked at him, who was staring into oblivion. Her hand inched forward to hold his but came no response whatsoever. She was hurt. She wondered her worth in his life and...