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The Black Diamond

A small village in the hinterlands of Jharkhand “It’s simple child. You go there, pick up some coal, return & we pay you five rupees every day” said the stout middle-man, Vishnu beamingly.  “So, children pick up your shovels & get to business we’ve enough work at hand” added Vishnu as he looked towards the… Read More The Black Diamond

July 3, 2016August 5, 2016 Haris AhmedLeave a comment

Gods & Rivers

At times, it requires a calamity to change the destiny of people. There’s always a lingering hope in even the darkest of clouds… Read More Gods & Rivers

December 26, 2015August 15, 2016 Haris Ahmed1 Comment

Gods & Rivers

PRELUDE: There sits a village perched between two hills. Here flows a river so pristine people would sing eulogies in its name. Some hundred families populate either side of this mighty river which they say directly descends from the heavens as a gift for their virtuous deeds in the previous life. The village on either… Read More Gods & Rivers

December 13, 2015December 24, 2016 Haris AhmedLeave a comment

A Call Unanswered (Part 2)

And thus broke his dreams an umpteenth time. The man with his hoarse voice continually uttered things as the boy tried to overcome his sleep, “Ajit, wake up, you scoundrel, it’s time for the work.” So, he was Ajit, the miserable, whose life had turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Here he was… Read More A Call Unanswered (Part 2)

August 2, 2015December 24, 2016 Haris AhmedLeave a comment

A Call Unanswered

Prelude: 1. He plods through the town, with his clothes turning into rags & rags into tatters. At times, destiny plays those cruel tricks as if by sheer dynamics of chance, it is you on whom befalls the fiery wrath of Gods. The fall from grace, from the pedestal of relative prosperity hits the hardest.… Read More A Call Unanswered

July 24, 2015December 24, 2016 Haris AhmedLeave a comment

The Less Fortunate

The sufferings of aboriginal tribes of Jharkhand sees no ending.
Caught between the vicious struggle of supremacy between the security forces & the Maoists they’ve no where to go.… Read More The Less Fortunate

May 31, 2015December 24, 2016 Haris AhmedLeave a comment

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