She was now panting as she rushed to reach home.
His foot steps and evil laughter haunted her.
It was supposed to be just a morning walk.
That day she had decided to give up on jogging.
“Where were you? Come in. We are about to sing the National Anthem”
Silent Expressions 
oh my… i’m speechless…!!
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nahi nahi kuch bolo ash 🙂
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what else can i say but that ur 55-er is (as usual) mind blowing 🙂
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😀 you are nice to say that ash..thanks :)..btw where are you hiding these days??
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This is such a unique prompt… 55 words or less? Wow, you did a great job with such a small space! I could feel her heart beating (and think my own sped up with her!).
(popping over from The Self Love Project)
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Thanks april belle :)..your comments are sweet
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Apt for the season 🙂
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i guess so meira 🙂 thanks.
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WOW…could feel the pang. Are we just celebrating for the sake of it ? Right outside the crime is happening without fear or conscience.
Nice poem.
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yea megha that was the essence which needed to be captured here ..thanks 🙂
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Nice thought…glad that you are taking such issues that we ignore and just move on…btw happy independence day:-)
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happy independence day to you too manisha 🙂
This issue boils me over and over again
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Wow…That was so poignant…and you managed that in just 5 lines….Kudos.
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I’m glad you liked it choco 🙂
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nice write up…I like the concept.&.i like the way ur page looks.. 🙂
Thanks for dropping by.
Cheers!
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hey thanks Veda 🙂
Welcome to the blog
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Good one.
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thank you solio 🙂
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Succinct and bang on the spot!
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thanks tuliiiip..my blog missed you…me too 😀
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Loved it!
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thanks prerna :)..i’m glad you liked it
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that was scary…. 😛
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not to be scared ria..time to raise voice against this evil
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Irony of life. and you have depicted this so well. Congrats 🙂
have a nice 15th of august 🙂
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hey thanks shruthi..happy independence day to you too
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thanks. but I have a deadline, so gonna work on 15th 😦 once again irony 😛
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Really good one..
brilliant!
you managed to capture a brutal reality in a few words…
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i’m glad you liked it indyeah :)..thanks
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@shruthi uh oh hope you finish early atleast 🙂 take care
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nice writing..i like this prompt..
happy independency day….
enjoy!
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thanks shradha 🙂
happy independence day to you too
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You seem to be on a blogathon here
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twas just because of nablopomo 🙂
Welcome to the blog pesto sauce
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So so brilliant!
This is exactly what I mean in my latest post. What good is freedom when things like this are happening?
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Hey thanks muchos neha 🙂
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Wow !!
I dunno how you guys do it yaar ! Putting so much within so less !!
The concept – the context – the words – he lucidity of it all astounds me everytime I read a 55 like this.
Wonderlicious !!
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M privileged with cinderellas visit to the blog 😀
Welcome!! and thanks so much for a sweet comment..cya around 🙂
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Sounds like a quick stroll around Rashtrapati Bhavan before one finally settles in on the celebrations 😛
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bang on atrisa…there is so much still to be done before one starts celebrating 🙂
Welcome to the blog
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And we call ourselves independent! Nice one, so short yet conveyed the msg perfectly 🙂
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thanks kanupriya 🙂
that is what it intended to bring out, “are we really independent”?
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anyway belated Independence day wishes!
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same to you daniel
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That hit below the belt. I really wish you had also added a tight slap in the end to signify that women have come a long way since Independence. We are not there yet, but we are definitely no longer simpering fools.
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@aparna: what i wrote is about things as they are today. I myself want the things to change sooner for good.
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[…] 55 words or less independence […]
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[…] 55 words or less independence […]
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Sigh! Where is the freedom 😦
Here from Avant Garde list .. superb!
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@swaram: gawd have heard nice things about you from other bloggers 🙂 nice to see you here..see ya arnd 🙂
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[…] 1. Best short story post: https://silentlyexpress.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/55-words-or-less-independence/ […]
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Good one!
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@priti: thanks 🙂 i’m glad you liked it
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Few but great words. Loved them to the core. vivid. very.
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@riddhi: thanks for the appreciation and welcome to my blog
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