Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.
“Give me the knife.”
He didn’t hesitate.
His hands trembled as he passed it to me— as if he didn’t trust himself with it anymore.
I looked at him, then at the body.
And then, I looked around.
“Listen to me carefully,” I said, “we don’t have much time.”
He nodded. Not because he understood— but because he needed someone who did.
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We didn’t speak much after that.
I told him what to do and he followed.
We placed the body inside a bag from my car.
He hesitated at first… but fear is a strong motivator.
Stronger than guilt.
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And then—
Rain.
Out of nowhere.
As if the night itself wanted to help.
It washed away the footprints, the tyre marks…
everything.
For a moment— it felt like we might actually get away with it.
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The drive was silent.
Too silent.
He kept looking at me, like he was seeing me for the first time.
Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.
It was a lone night, I was travelling all alone and before I could reach home, I got a call from my friend…!
It felt like either his life was in danger… or he had taken someone’s;
G0d knows what it was, but fear was resonating clearly from his voice—
Ravi— “I did it bhai… I found that man and I did what I had to…”
Me— “What are you talking about Ravi…?”
Ravi— “The same man… the one who brutally assaulted and k1lled that little girl from our vicinity—”
I cut him off.
The connection was poor. I told him to move somewhere open.
But my mind… it had already started running in all directions.
Ravi— “I found him… and as soon as I got a chance, I pounced on him… A fight broke out…”
“What happened next… Ravi?”
Ravi— “I knew he’d overpower me… so I took out the knife I kept on my waist… in case I ever needed it…”
My thoughts went to the worst place.
A brief pause…
“I had to, Waakiye… I had to do it…”
“She called me her brother… I watched her grow up… and I—”
He stopped.
I think her face came in front of him.
“Is he alive…?” I asked.
Ravi— “He was… gasping for air… when I opened his neck…”
“I watched him suffer… just like she would have…”
Silence.
“Where are you…?” I asked. “Send me your location.”
“Okay…”
The call ended.
A few seconds later—— I heard a ping on my phone;
Just a few minutes away.
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I drove there. And I saw him.
Sitting cross-legged… right next to the body.
Staring at the blood-soaked sand beneath him.
“Ravi…?” No response.
“Ravi…!” Nothing.
“RAVI…!” On the third call—he moved.
He rushed toward me, collapsed onto me… and broke.
Tears; Shaking hands; A voice that didn’t belong to the man I knew.
“I just wanted to scare him… but it… it became this…”
“I had to k1ll him…”
“He would have escaped… hurt someone else…”
As I looked into his eyes— and then at the lifeless one behind him—
Only one thought came to my mind— I have to save him.
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“Give me the knife.”
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[END PART 1]
A story that expands beyond years and decades of built relationships,
This day started early as I think I fell asleep at 10 last night…!
I’m writing this at 7:10 in the morning…
I spent entirety of the day outside,
After waking up and making a post yesterday morning bere,
I freshened up and went to my workplace to give a bundle of material to hardening,
And before returning home I made my first trip to buy essentials like ghee and at home I had brunch…!
After that I went out to buy munchies and other kitchen essentials from Dmart near our residence…
On returning home and taking another shower, it was three by now…!
I got ready and went to Chawri bazaar for getting the card made;
We walked to metro and reached Chawri bazaar within 20 minutes…!
The wait on the yellow line was oh so much…!
And after walking another 10 minutes because we got off on the wrong exit we reached this shop that was in such a secluded spot I thought we were going to get lost there…!
A street leading to another smaller one and another one leading to another…!
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After giving them the format that we wanted,
We waited and waited..!
After getting no answer because the person who had to type wasn’t free;
We decided that we will send them the pdf on our own and decided to return back home…!
On our way back we decided to stop for pista badam milk which is famous in old Delhi;
The name of the shop is
Sudarshan Refreshment Centre…
They also sell Kachori
The small compartment that has kachori above and sabzi in the box below…!
And on returning from the shop,
I stopped by the Shri Gujrat Namkeen Bhadaar…!
And bought some kaju both with pepper and plain salted…!
Along with some thepla and fafda
The fafda in question 😂Side view of the shop…!
Before coming back home,
We decided to buy some burgers for people back home from jumbo king burgers at Rajiv chowk…!
And after waiting for it to get ready and sipping on our sprite;
My sister and I talked about things like her suits and dresses,
And on taking the burgers,
We walked to the blue lines that led to our station and we got on the metro…!
We decided to check out a Salon to get a basic idea of the rates of bridal makeup and they gave us a slip of 20k for bridal and additional 3k for each person that wanted to get their’s done…!
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And we came out of the salon with a laughter on our face thinking it would be in the range of 10 maybe 15k range..!
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So we will look for some more…!
What a day it was…!!!!
Coming back to the prompt…!
Aspects that make us unique…
If I’m asked this question,
I’d answer this by saying that,
thethought process
and
the behaviour
That guides us to arrive at a conclusion works to make us unique…!
If you have a corrupted thought process,
Everything goes down from that place,
Because it forces you to pick negative and bad thoughts more and after a point of time you feel forced to act upon them…!
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And when that happens the behaviour reflects what goes on in the mind,
To all of the world…!
On the contrary,
If you have a better managed thought process,
A balance of both leaning towards good side more;
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It reflects in the behavior and the people outside can see it too…!
My answer would be a correct mindset with a positive thinking process,
Along with that a behavior that reflects the same…!
I’d like to begin this prompt by telling you all that the habit of me having these vivid dreams come fron my mom;
Because in a span of a few weeks she told me a few dream that she had;
DREAM 1
One was last week in which she was handed a pouch that had gold bars and coins and was told to deliver it to a person with a specific name;
And on finding that person after a lot of turmoil,
That person says to give it to the fishes;
Literal fishes in a pond….
😂
But she instead of giving it,
Keeps the pouch and the valuables within and becomes paranoid until she wakes up…!
Dream2
Today she told me a dream that a person came in between her and my father and caused a divorce on the word of his mouth;
Later it turned out to be he wanted his sister to be married to my now late father;
And how everything unfolds and many characters of our family come in and intervene;
The conclusion is that my father who works in corporate world keeps my mom to work in the office where he stays all day and only returns to home at night,
And he promises to take care of us(both his son and daughter…)…!
A happy yet sad conclusion…!
Coming back to the prompt
Most influential teacher and the reasoning…
There’s a person and an abstract thing that I would give this title to…
The first one would be my English teacher from my high school and specifically who is now a principal of the same school because of her prowess and the control that she has on the language and her ability to filter and find out people who are expert…!
Any love that exists within this mind and heart for the language happens to be just because of her…!
Her classes were something that I miss,
Even after 10 years;
So much interactive and
They were so easy to grab and latch myself onto,
Which deepened my love for the language,
That they stay etched into my very core…!
In an abstract sense;
Failure would be the most influential teacher,
Because it taught me to be consistent with my effort and walk with my head high until I was destined to achieve what I had in my mind…!
There are times when nothing works and I feel like I’m falling back into my old habits;
And when that happens I take some time off,
Grab what my mind wants to do,
Often times its something of a bad post or something that is gruesome that I pen down and put that thing back in my notes app…!
This has happened a few times and I feel a sense of clarity after getting my head clear of all the negative thoughts and feelings…!
And I build myself right back up the next day…!
Like nothing happened…!
At the end,
Failure has taught me and given me power to get up yet again and conquer the next obstacle each day, everyday…!
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?
Hey…
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I hope all of you are doing well…!
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After waking up at 7:30 and wanting to stay a bit more in my bed made me realise it’s almost 8;
I got up and changed my clothes and went out on my walk after my morning routine..!
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It’s currently 8:05 in the morning as I’m writing this one…!
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I’m really thinking what is there to talk about and what happened yesterday…!
In the evening,
I really wanted to have a drink as I stared at those bottles for in my cabinet;
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Well,
Those glass bottles remind me of happy times that I spent with people around me,
But;
They also make me realise those night I spent drinking all alone,
And drinking until I couldn’t and then going to sleep…!
Both the positives and negatives of drinking(heavy emphasis on the negatives…)
Well you’re socialising,
I know,
But it harms,
Even a drop harms when it comes to your body…!
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In that case the mind wants more and more each time…!
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The glass is empty and your friend’s isn’t,
He’ll pour you another one…
A dangerous cycle it becomes…!
(Khair…)
It’s better to quit when you can,
Before all of the bills pile up and you are spending your days in recovery…!
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Beware it’s a habit that kills, along with smoking and those hard drugs…
Coming back to the prompt
Cross country trip and my mode of transportation…!
Well,
This prompt critically sums up a problem within that isn’t visible on the surface…
It’s your opinion on how do you value time…?
When travelling by air,
You reduce time spent travelling to mere hours or maximum of 20 hours from wherever you stand…!
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And when you look at it,
You get the shortest path from one point to other…
But by traveling by air,
You cannot get to know people that you would otherwise on any other mode of transportation..!
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And even if you consider the person sitting on your left , right or both if you’re sitting in the middle…!
If you’re travelling by train,
You’ll find people from all walks of life,
From bottom to upper class a mix that you won’t find anywhere…!
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They travel with the same purpose of reaching from point A to point B,
And you can pay more to reach there faster,
But that is at no comparison with travelling by air as it takes significant more hours and days at a time to reach if you want to even travel within the national borders…!
Travelling by bus is a worth if you travel a lot though the night;
Because you can sit in a bus in the evening around 6 and by 6 in the morning you can travel well across national borders,
You can go one/two states over…!
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Accounting in it maybe an hour or two of stopping for passengers and their wellness…!
Well at last comes travelling by car/bike
Something that I live and have immense love for…!
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You can travel at your pace,
Absorbing everything that comes with it…
By meeting new people and comeing across avenues of life that weren’t possible travelling any other way…
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Because if you see a picturesque scene,
You can just stop,
Jump out of your car or off your bike absorbing everything that exists and maybe take a few pictures as a keepsake…!
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Also you meet people who are either going or coming back from the place that you want to go…
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You can travel at your pace and return as you wish,
A drawback that it’s the slowest form of travel and takes more than hours and days, weeks if you plan on travelling cross borders(plural borders…!)
How to save travel time is essentially the question here…!
And how you value your time differs from person to person..!
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If you want to travel fast and reach quicker travelling by air is you go to,
All other options are considerably less when compared to airway but with their own pros and cons…!
If I had a chance I would travel cross borders on my car,
If I can get my hands on such free and open time in my tightly packed schedule;
Along with the money to afford visas and regular maintenance of the ride and those who are tagging along with me,
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
It feels after a long time a prompt has come that I haven’t answered, and I’m all in for making this one a good read also to explore an avenue in my life that I suppressed…!
A view into my life first, I’ve been looking for banquets each day after work and I’ve decided on two who are near the gurudwara which makes the travel easier and other programmes seamlessly connect with each other…!
Well both of them are far from our home because we don’t have a banquet near our home…!
So a lot of time has went into considering a good place and getting more out of our money…!
Other than that,
Work is going well,
Because we are working each day and exploring new avenues and way to achieve the goals that we desire…!
Coming back to the prompt
A phase which was difficult to say goodbye to
It isn’t easier to let go of things that made an impact in our lives isn’t it…?
But,
There are certain things that make them all worth your while and leave an everlasting impression on you…!
Well losing someone who’s close to our hearts would be the first one…!
A female dog birthed two kids and passed away right infront of our house;
We took in her kids and within a span of few weeks both of them passed away as they were very little and weren’t able to get their mothers feed which was very important for their growth and their first few weeks here on earth…!
We tried to get another female dog that also birthed a litter of puppies a few kilometres away but she rejected them and tried to bite them when we let them within her litter…
On the offset that she might run away from her kids we brought them to our home and tried our best to save them—
But fate had something else planned…!
(Khair…)
Another one would be parting away from someone who we thought were the love of our life…!
Imagine you building your life around someone and they give up on you because their family planned something else or they found a more viable partner…?
Something that breaks you from the very core and a mere sense of trust that you had breaks and shatters, making you lose yourself…!
Well I hope it doesn’t happen with anyone else ever again…!
I think,
The things that happen around us shape us in a way that we were meant to have a grab of—
I don’t mean passing away of a loved one is something that is good or builds character;
But,
It gives you a chance to see into the life by letting you see who is a real one and who was in just to leech off of you…!
Who stands with you when time isn’t working with you…!
And who all move away from you or face away when you get the short end of the stick…!
Let’s not forget that all of us have to taste the sweet embrace of death once in our life and we won’t be here to witness what it feels like…!
Keep those who are near to you near and tell them you love them…!
