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Nandini Sengupta

Jun 5
3 min

The gypsy and the tree

The human forms were not visible clearly as the sandstorm blew its part over the rolling desert land. It was a tiny village set in the...

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Nandini Sengupta

Jan 6
3 min

Monkey on the go...

Peeping through the glass door six year old Amu could see the infant monkey nibbling an apple with an unwavering gaze on the object of...

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Nandini Sengupta

May 1, 2022
2 min

The Bull's eye

I often stare at the painting of the bull in my living room. Such intricate work, such finesse, and the amount of patience that went into...

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Nandini Sengupta

Apr 12, 2022
3 min

The swing

Tuli would go to the park in her neighborhood with her grandfather every evening. She had turned six last month. With light eyes and dark...

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Nandini Sengupta

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

All for a ride(Part-4)

It was the month of March, almost three years back. The pandemic had not yet created havoc in the otherwise placid life of the people. My...

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Nandini Sengupta

Jan 10, 2022
3 min

All for a ride(part 3)

The debacle we confronted last time taught my friend and me to make sure that we keep our debit and credit cards in place for our current...

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Nandini Sengupta

Dec 11, 2021
2 min

All for a ride (part 2)

Last Friday, my friend and I went shopping at a renowned marketplace in Delhi. Well, this time not in her scooter. But by metro. The...

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Nandini Sengupta

Nov 24, 2021
2 min

The blue cow, the barking deer

Simi went for a safari with her troupe of four friends into a non-descript jungle of Karnataka. The woodland was the shelter to a halo of...

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Nandini Sengupta

Nov 15, 2021
2 min

Down came the parachute

Kimo was sitting by the sea; waves splurging onto her bare legs and then receding back to its source. It was a small quaint village on...

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Nandini Sengupta

Nov 9, 2021
2 min

All for a ride

Yesterday, in the evening, I went for a pillion ride on a scooter with my friend. It's been a long time since I had been part of a trip...

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