Snippets

The Fear

"It'll do you good to be around people", they insisted
"Why don't you want to get out of the house?"
Little did they know it was not about a lack of energy
It was a fear of sympathy.

The Eyes of the Beholder

After the fall, astonishment dominated her face as she looked at the person who had come running to her first
"But I thought you were such a snob" she thought, almost aloud.

Impressions are rarely the truth.

Predictions

"Shall I ready her horoscope??" the relative asked excitedly, even before actually holding the newborn.  "We can easily predict her future..."

"No." smiled the infant's grandmother. "We'll let her make her future..."

She continued gently, "Haven't you read Ghalib's couplet?

हाथों की लकीरों पे मत जा रे गालिब,

नसीब उनके भी होते हैं, जिनके हाथ नहीं होते"