Outpouring-catharsis

                                                     STONE FREE RICE Since it was weekend, I planned to treat myself with an ice cream. I went to one of the general shop and ordered the vanilla ice-cream. While I was waiting, another customer came rushing asking for a bag of rice. ‘Uncle Can I have a bag of rice,’ the man said. ‘Yeah! Which brand do you prefer?’ the shopkeeper asked.                ‘Any type that is “stone free”, the man said.                ‘All my stock is “stone free”, the shopkeeper smiled sheepishly and continued,                ‘Even if the bag of rice has stone, it is free of cost. You don’t have to pay a penny...

                                                         “HEART OVER MIND” Charles hastily crossed the road, paced up and down the footpath opposite to Hotel Jojoys where he works. It was a cold Saturday afternoon, rather windy. The birch trees, almost bare of leaves, were violently bending down. Men and Women in their heavy coats, boys and girls with their arms, interlocked, walked fast anxious to get a place of shelter, a restaurant/bar, or to reach home. Charles usually vociferous, kept a mysterious silence, and continued, apparently unaffected to gaze the display dangling leather- jacket at Cozys, in fluffy red collar, a real winter stuff. A particular tanned attracted his attention. He stepped into the...