Nibha Gupta's Blog, page 20

The (Q)ueen #AtoZChallenge

“…and the King died the next morning for his injuries couldn’t be cured. If only the love of his dearest wife would have been enough to save him”, the teacher ended the story.
“But then what happened to her?”
“Did she remarry?”
“Ofcourse, she wouldn’t have, she loved the King so dearly.”
“But the King had three wives… what happened to others?”
“What happened to the kingdom?”
“Who was the heir?” The children bombarded her with the questions of their imagination. She thought about a minute bef...

The (P)retence #AtoZChallenge

The phone had been ringing for quite some time now. He finally gave in and picked up at the fourth call.
“What are you hiding?” she said, he could see her mischievous smile on the other side of the line.
“Nothing”, he lied nonchalantly, wondering how could she possibly know being so afar.
“Tell me. Stop lying”, she demanded.
“There’s nothing to share”, he lied again.
“Umm.. okay.. your wish”, she sounded dejected.
“Why do you think there is something?” he asked, curious now.
“Just felt like t...

The (O)ther One #AtoZChallenge

It had been a long and tiring day for both of them. He had back to back meetings while she was busy with her new clientele’s wedding planning. So by the time, she has finalized the color code for the wedding and had taken a cab home, he had already had dinner and made his way to his bedroom. It was another hour later that she reached home. Quietly letting herself in, she picked up the food that had been waiting for her on the table and kept it in the refrigerator. Quickly she changed her clot...

(N)emo #AtoZChallenge

“It’s just 10 yet!”, she looked at her watch and cringed, hardly an hour had passed by and she was already restless. Minute by minute passed and it felt like hours to her. She kept staring at the screen of her desktop playing with the mouse aimlessly. Her to-do list of the day showed multiple items but all she could focus on was her watch, counting hours until her planned escape. Another few hours passed, clock ticking as slowly as it could. Each second was nothing less than pain for her. Sh...

(M)emories #AtoZChallenge

The cab took the last few left turns and was about to stop in another five minutes.
“Mom, where are we going? Aren’t we supposed to go your friend’s house?” she asked, judging around by the locality that this wasn’t the place they were supposed to be. She was too smart for a four-year-old.
“Oh, we will be going there too honey. I just wanted to go somewhere before we headed to the wedding”, Mia found herself a little irritated with her daughter’s constant rain of question since the time they...

The (L)unch #AtoZChallenge

His eyes were red with fury. She was unmoved. There was a smirk on her face, a sense of achievement on having marked her territory in the house. His books and notes were all over the place. He walked up to her and said, “I will not forgive you for this.” She replied in a cold voice, “Its time you left.” He stormed out of the room shouting at the top of his voice, “I am never seeing your face again.” She was in tears the moment he was out of sight. The sound of the door slamming pained her mo...

The (K)iss

He kept looking at her as she struggled to finish the last few bites of the icecream. He had stopped eating just so he can watch her eat. She looked so innocent. Icecream was her favourite and she was his. A few minutes later, which was pure delight for him, she managed to clear the bowl. They then walked out to the nearest entrance for the beach. Words flew effortlessly while they discussed random experiences of life, sometimes even surprising each other. They walked quite a stretch only pau...

(J)ar Of Cookies

Exhausted after the meetings and continued presentations since the beginning of the day, Trisha finally sighed a breath of relief. She took a moment to close her eyes and take a few deep breaths. Hardly a minute  had gone by when her colleague interrupted her moment of peace. “Hey Trisha!”
“Huh? ” She said, opening her eyes and turning to face him but not wanting a long conversation. “You regular weekly parcel arrived while you were in the meeting”, he said taking the empty seat next to her,...

The (I)cecream #AtoZChallenge

She fumbled on the phone irritably while searching for the keys. Unable to find the keys in her huge handbag single-handedly only added to her frustration. Day had started on a bad note and ended on even worse one. Nothing came to her rescue. All Tia wanted now was the comfort of darkness. Five minutes later, she finally managed to open the door. Throwing her bag on the couch in the living room, she straight headed to her room. She went to sit by the window hugging her teddy tight. Tears and...

The (H)omecoming #AtoZChallenge

“Hey you still here? Working late today?”
“Yes Sir, wanted to get this before Friday!” He said.
“But it’s eleven o’clock already. And this is due on Monday so we have time You don’t have to stay back so late”, said the boss,checking his watch.
“Oh no Sir, I don’t want to be bothered about it on Friday or weekend. I’ll be taking an off on Friday”, he said it as a matter-of-fact.
“But why do you need an off so urgently?” inquired the boss.
“Oh, I did mention it to you that day Sir. My daughter...