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The Chaos- Horror – 50 word fiction

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The chaos

He stood there in the winter chill wrapping his jacket closer. Lajpatnagar was abuzz with festivals ahead, women bargaining and children running behind fireworks.

He looked around one last time and flung open his jacket. Crowd stood in horror as he pressed the detonator leaving behind painful and terrorizing sight.

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” Shashank, how was the last 55 word fiction” ….pause….think….roll eyes…pause…deep breath….”ok never mind” I said. Read Shashank’s crisp and strong take on Bibhatsam here.

Bhayanakam represent horror and terror as navras 6. A difficult emotion as when a person is terrorised may not be in a state to ever narrate it exactly the way she felt then.

I have also clubbed a prompt each day’s prompt of 50 words “Winter”

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Disgust – 55 word fiction

Disgust

He stood unashamed holding her hand, a man Ananya most loved and a woman she trusted.

Her past 10 years came crumbling down as he just pulled a card from her house of cards.

Heart filled with distrust, deceit and disgust gave her the strength to pick the pen and sign her way to freedom.

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Bībhatsam (बीभत्सं) Disgust, Aversion is a very strong emotion. It takes something huge for an individual to be pushed to a point of disgust.

Shashank wrote a very heart melting take on Kaarunya. As I always say he is one of the few fictional writers who can evoke a treasure of emotions with his pen (hope you make up for this one j). I have high hopes on Bibhastam as well.

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Game, Set and Match – Kaarunya ras

Karunya

 

He walked with pride through the streets as the villagers gathered and walked with him to his house.

The uniform fitted best, the medals shone, his handsome iron face gleamed with dignity and triumph.

India’s young 19 year old soldier walked with same measured gait albeit this time on his comrade’s shoulder. War was won.

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Shashank’s Raudra was fierce….didn’t know he could fill in so much power in just 55 words. And I picked his brain on it, up came the reply knowledge implies an application to it thus I tried to write my 55 words on Karunya. Well I haven’t seen a more powerful fiction writer be it FSF or 55 words. So am waiting what he brings for us on Compassion/Tragedy.

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Raudra/ Furious – Navras 3 – FSF

 

 

Raudra-Rasa

“Show some more anger, the fury, make it look real” shouted Arvind Kohli, directing the sequel of the epic war movie – AAryavarta.

Suryaveer ran with all passion towards Asooresh to jump, the rope would lift him 7 feet high and drop him to pierce the dagger in his heart.

As the rope lifted the dagger again fell of his hands, Kohli shouting, “cutttt….., do you realize it’s the climax scene…hold the dagger tight and hit it hard.”

Suryaveer, the narcissist short tempered superstar, was exhausted with heavy makeup costume and upset at Kohli for giving him a light fake dagger, he replaced it with a heavy real one that was brought from Udaipur museum to show to actors.

Take 53 – Suryaveer ran furiously,  jumped as the rope pulled him and lowered quicker than usual as he hit the dagger deep in Asooresh’s chest who instantly fell on his back – “Superb shot!” Kohli sounded elated as Suryaveer stared at his faux pas.

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“Ananya, you got to write the next post.” he reminded the 15th time as patiently as first.

“I will post it Shashank, you know I have to do so much work, practice guitar, read….” I tried giving fake excuses.

He smiled…that was enough to write the post as soon as I could.

The Raudra Rasa is disagreeable, destructive rasa, while it has its use in communication. This energy of anger expresses itself from mild irritation up to real fury.

When expectations are not fulfilled, the ego may feel neglected or treated incorrectly, this forms the basis of anger.

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The Missing Babloo – Hasya Rasa

Hasya ras

 

The Missing Babloo

The driver honked several times with the stipulated time for stopover at the highway closed as all other passengers hopped in the bus while Ananya stuffed the last eateries in her bag and ran waving at the driver gesturing “don’t you leave without me!”

Pushing and nudging people she reached her seat in the second last row accidently stepping on the foot of a fellow passenger making her way to the window seat, the overweight woman grumpily looking at her expecting an apology.

In the next moment “My babloo is missing!” she got up immediately, “oh I left him here….hey stop the damn bus.” She again hopped out of her seat stepping on the lady again, searching madly peeping on other passengers and seats.

Many others joined her shouting Babloo…are you there, many peeped out of the window to find him, Ananya worried, “where did I leave him, at the restaurant may be, I love him…Babloo!” the passengers asking questions started pacifying her.

Just then she looked at the cabinet on the roof above the seats and happily shouted, “Here he is!” passengers astonishingly and angrily looked on as she pulled her guitar and hugged it tight; “Is that Babloo?” she was just short of being bashed.

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Shashank portrayed Shringar beautifully, I was floored reading his master stroke, the second rasa is Hasya as in Humor, leave you hoping to spread smiles 🙂