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putting my Imaginations in form of short stories.


In Search of Peace | Part 7
Next morning, Amay woke up early than expected. He then went for tea at Thakur Dhaba which was at walkable distance from the zostel. After tea, he spent some time in Zostel cafe on his laptop. Today was plan to go Serlosar lake. Amay got ready in 10 minutes and started towards Jalori pass along with other fellow travellers, the starting point of the trek. It was a 5km trek to the lake. In the starting, the route was flat but as soon as they crossed 2kms, the real adventure be
Anand Nagda
Nov 72 min read
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In Search of Peace |Part 6
Amay had set 3 alarms to capture timelapse of the sunrise, but he couldn't get up even hearing the alarm. That was how in deep sleep he was. As soon as he opened my tent, Amay was awestuck for a moment. The sunrise was such beautiful; he immediately captured this moment through his camera & phone. Then washing his face with Ice water ( lliterally the temprature was around 2'C), he made my body warm with a hot cup of tea. Amay then roamed around here & there untill the breakf
Anand Nagda
Nov 52 min read
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In Search of Peace | Part 5
Amay had a good sleep last night. He decided to take a walk & grab morning tea from the roadside tea stall. Chai & Parle G is like an unbreakable bond. After roaming around the streets of Shoja, he got freshen up & asked Zostel manager if any group is going to Raghupur fort. He said there is a group going to the fort this afternoon so, if you wanna join. Amay without a second thought confirmed his participation. Travelling with a group of strangers is a different kind of expe
Anand Nagda
Nov 43 min read
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In Search of Peace | Part 4
Early morning 5.30 am, Amay was in deep sleep when the Bus Marshal wakes all of the passengers for the breakfast hault. Having Tea and Poha, they departed onwards our journey. He was again woke up from my morning short nap as his stop had arrived. It was an exchange stop. The bus was heading towards Manali & Shoja was in different direction. Amay had to wait for my connecting cab for sometime. To utilize the time, he decided to have a cup of hot coffee against the cold temper
Anand Nagda
Nov 32 min read
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In Search of Peace | Part3
When landed at hindon airport, It was like a single runway strip in a farm. Bus came to pickup & take till terminal. Hindon airport being a official defence airport was not as much as big as mid commercials one but strategically important from defence point of view. Amay reached the teminal & what he saw, it was like the terminal ended even before starting properly. He had to go out of airport to grab an auto aur taxi to the nearest metro station. After waiting for 15 mins fo
Anand Nagda
Nov 32 min read
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In Search of Peace | Part2
Excited and Happy from within, he was hungry too. He asked the Cab driver to take a hault enroute to the airport somewhere he can get tea and some snacks to edit in midnight. Unfortunately, Amay could not get it. He wanted to avoid expensive food at airport. But then the driver informed him about the Cafe Udaan; where tea and snacks are available at nominal rate same as that to the outside of airport. After having tea and snacks, he had to wait sometime for Luggage check-in
Anand Nagda
Nov 21 min read
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In Search of Peace | Part 1
The time was going slow, sec by sec, min by min, hour by hour. Amay could not control his excitement anymore. He had already packed half of his bag, & the other half was to be done after his shift ends. Although there was not much work today, Amay still decided to check on the noted tasks and complete as many of them as he could before going on vacation.  Amay was doing this solo trip after a couple of years. The last time he did was before getting married; around 2018 to De
Anand Nagda
Nov 12 min read
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That Selfless Kindhearted boy | P1
He was an innocent and selfless boy. Always ready to help anyone, anywhere & anytime. He used to spend less time with family  and more...
Anand Nagda
Mar 301 min read
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A COFFEE DATE | FINAL PART
I was waiting for her at the 1BHK Cafe. She informed me that she will be late by 30 mins due to office work and Mumbai traffic. I had already booked a table for two at the cafe. I was looking around in and out of cafe to pass this waiting time. I ordered a water melon Juice to just let know the employees working their that i am not sitting just useless without any order.                        I called up Shravni to inquire where she is now. She responded back that it will
Anand Nagda
Feb 34 min read
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A COFFEE DATE | Part 4
{ It was less than 24 hrs to go for a date. VED was making his Dress ready for tomorrow. When he went to search for the formal shoes, he...
Anand Nagda
Jan 303 min read
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A COFFEE DATE | Part 3
I was amazed by Ms. Coffee Lover's answer. She is a straight forward and transparent girl just like i was searching for : Modern girl...
Anand Nagda
Jan 282 min read
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A COFEE DATE | Part 2
VED was very excited about his first ever date; that too a coffee date. He had just seen it happening in films only and couldn't believe...
Anand Nagda
Jan 242 min read
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A COFFEE DATE | Part 1
{ Vedant and Shravni met through a community whats app group. After the youth event at Goa which Shravni couldn't attend, there...
Anand Nagda
Jan 211 min read
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