“Please leave me alone, why are you doing this? What do you want?”, the girl cried.” I can see the fear in your eyes, cry more. It excites me.” The man replied agitatedly. The girl being afraid closed her eyes and surrendered herself knowing what was going to happen next. There was a loud screech followed by a dead silence on a stormy night which engulfed everything. “Last night, the Murray River was cursed with a murder and an accident which has aroused fear among the residents. The police are investigating the matter, but at this point, they are not conclusive of whether the events are connected or not. We will get back to you with more details. This is Ashley from News 18.” said the reporter standing beside the crime scene. The police have cordoned off the area near the Murray bridge and the residents were advised to come forward if they have any clues regarding the case. Senator Brown visited the scene and met the first call officer.” Who is assigned with the case?”, asked the...
“Madam ticket please, where do you want to go?”, asked the bus conductor, but the person didn’t pay any heed. The bus conductor asked again, more firmly but all in vain. She was completely engrossed in her thoughts. He then asked the person sitting next to the lost cause to bring her to senses to pay for the ticket. Finally, it worked and the conductor asked again,” Where do you want to go?”. “Goa “, the voice came from her. The girl took the ticket, kept it in her purse and went back to the same position as she was before. She leaned her elbow on the grill of the bus’s window and kept her face on the elbow, to feel the cool breeze and went back to where she was, in her past. ‘Life is amazing, weird, partial, frustrating and what not. Just like a rainbow, life also has shades which completes each other and without it, there is no meaning. At one moment you feel like you have everything and within a blink of eye, you are left with nothing. Life can be cruel, and it doesn’t kee...