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Resign

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    July 5, 2017 July 5, 2017    8 Comments on Resign

Ria pulls the flying white dupatta to my hair and tilts my smudged forehead to her shoulder. Neel clutches my bare wrists as if detecting a pulse. My strong children…. Read more »

#amwriting, #WritingChallenge, #YeahWrite   

Of Festivals,Religions and Neighbors

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    June 27, 2017 June 27, 2017    15 Comments on Of Festivals,Religions and Neighbors

Our faiths were miles apart but our houses shared walls. Our little residential colony –housing provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, India, my dad’s employer—was a potpourri of prominent… Read more »

#amwriting   

I will never know

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    June 23, 2017 June 23, 2017    2 Comments on I will never know

She circled tirelessly, hauling in grass and mud. I quietly watched it grow. Every day, when she was out, I picked up the strewn grass and scraped the sticky droppings… Read more »

#amwriting, #flashfiction   

I don’t want to know(Free Verse)

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    June 7, 2017 May 1, 2018    10 Comments on I don’t want to know(Free Verse)

It’s past six My texts go unanswered Calls slither to voicemail I glance again at the clock Moving faster than normal? Shushing my heartbeat I start kneading the dough My… Read more »

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Thumbprints

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    June 7, 2017 June 7, 2017    9 Comments on Thumbprints

All his life, he secured his prized pen collection, not his money, under lock and key. His penmanship could shame printers; his signature was inimitably artful. Today, translucence coats her… Read more »

age   

Did she get it right?

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017    1 Comment on Did she get it right?

Her mother-in-law taught her the recipe—onions, spices, yogurt simmered together with chicken until their essence seeped deep into the meat. She cooked the curry for fifty years. He hovered around… Read more »

chicken curry   

The Real Price

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017    25 Comments on The Real Price

In 2004,my husband was assigned to a long-term project in the USA and he asked me to join him so that we could witness the sun rise and set at… Read more »

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Rain was different

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017    14 Comments on Rain was different

My sallow eyes watch torrents of rain Lashing the glass windows Of my chic office on the seventeenth floor I can’t hear the tinkling of drops Or the rumbling of… Read more »

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Rice Lovers

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    May 11, 2017 May 11, 2017    9 Comments on Rice Lovers

Paucity of something multiplies the yearning for it, manifold Short or restricted supply is the precursor for ever-growing demands. My love for rice germinated under the draconian rule enforced by… Read more »

chhole rice, chickpeas   

Lets stay home

Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar    May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017    4 Comments on Lets stay home

How about we stay home this weekend Some time with you I’d love to spend Years of matrimony evanesced, let’s pretend And once again try to be just good friends… Read more »

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National Flash Fiction Day Anthology’2018

The Delphinium’ Summer2018
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