collected short stories by Sajal Choudhary
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The bus to Hajipur was late by an hour. It was nothing new, or in that matter, exceptional. The woman and her son got down. The road crumbled beneath their feet. “Chaliye madam, badhte rahiye!” The woman, moved on; carrying her son in her arms. The boy never demanded much,
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He was scared, wary, of his mother; who if disturbed in her sleep would definitely give him a good whack! Currently, he tried obstructing the light originating from the candle with his hands. He tried to put off the candle again. _______ “Mom!”, she screamed. Jennifer came rushing, “What!?” “I swear
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An ice age is triggered when summer temperatures in the northern hemisphere fails to rise above freezing for a number of years. That means that the winter ice fails to melt, but instead builds up, compresses and over time starts to compact into ice sheets. But that is not how
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“If it were a dream”, he said, “would you spend it arguing what all this means, or..”
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Prologue “You sure we’re going correct?” “Yes, absolutely” “Coz, I for one, don’t wish to spend my wedding anniversary sitting in a car!” “No! No! No! I’m quite sure!! See, there goes the petrol pump. Now I have to turn a right and that will…” “Look Up!
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Another wave of soapy oceanic water crashed against the jagged spiky rocks. It was the end of town limits, end of earth, beginning of ocean. You could almost always find warm water livestock stuck in the rocks, but you never could catch any. This was the nature of things around
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There’s light. It’s bright. I’m standing in a row. It stretches from one infinity to another. I mean, I think it does. You’re not supposed to peep. So, all that I’m able to see is a head, the back, the back of the legs. I’
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I’m woken up by the loud knocks on my cabinet door. "Oh, c’mon people, I haven’t slept for the last 36 hours", I say to myself. I have to comply though, and so I do. "No one breaks protocols here", says Gen. Rawat.
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Prologue May 3, 2012 “We have target in sight” “Keep track of him. Don’t lose him at any cost! We need the bastard!” They knew. RAW knew. He had not been able to lose the tail. He knew he did not have much time. The file had been passed
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“If we are to be together, we’ll surely be…” November 22nd, 2025 00:30 am New Delhi I looked at my watch again, it struck half-way past twelve. “Twelve-thirty .. Hmm…” It was any ways a bad time to travel, and more so for a woman, in this notorious city,
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“Need something to write on. Suggestions..” “What do you wish to write on??” “Anything you wish for, apart from perhaps ‘Russian revolution’ “ “Some love story, Te Amo types “ “Hmmm…. Toh, meko kisi ki love story toh sunao…” “Lemme get over with the comparative government class” “And, the potential dropped to
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“Mmm…” “Mmmmm…” The touch of something rough, slipping over my neck; distinct. Hissss…… The sound of that rough touch, approaching my ear; distinct. “Ahhh…. Shit….” The reaction, was, well clockwork; I shook off the creature, my eyes were shut, too numb to respond. I felt the chill of the underlying