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Tag Archives: BWW Star
BWW Star: Open face sandwiches
R came back home late from work one day to find his wife drawing a penis on a piece of paper. For days after, he thought about it the way one would toss salad around on a plate. K had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW Star, Fiction, Publishing, Shweta Saran, The Affair
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BWW Star: Dilemma
Rakesh had been in the city for a while and had been Bangalored over the years. He wondered about how Bangalore had changed over the last decade. A beep on his computer drew his attention back to the code that … Continue reading
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BWW Star: The Wait
There are two others with me here. We don’t talk to each other, not sure if we can though, never tried it. There’s the old man who prefers the damp corner of the broken wall, he doesn’t talk much. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW Star, Fiction, Vijai Balaji, writer
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BWW Star: The Street
He tries, albeit unsuccessfully, to stifle the yawn that seems to rise out of nowhere from inside his body. His head has been throbbing for the last five minutes, he hasn’t shaved or showered and there is a persistent itch … Continue reading
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BWW Star: Budo
The students of the great master Winfang Li came up to him and said, “Master, the villagers feel that Yokomita Kuwahara, who lives in the mountains, is the greatest martial artist alive.” Winfang Li, a seventh generation martial artist, who … Continue reading
BWW Star: The Cat Called Jingle Bell
That big fat cat is not mine. Mine was called Jingle Bell. I had actually named him Gingerwell after an Enid Blyton character, but when I told my friend that I got a cat and named him Gingerwell, she told … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW, BWW Star, Cats, Fiction, Jingle Bell, Rency Philip, Short Fiction
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BWW Star: Lost and Found
It’s hard to make out in the dark from my precarious position. Without losing my grip, I lean across to hear what he’s whispering. “With you straddled across my lap like this, I could die happy at this moment with … Continue reading
BWW Star: Milestone
The door was ajar. The absent-minded maid had forgotten to shut it again. Black Butt the mosquito buzzed into the apartment elated. She was fantasizing about all the juicy blood she would savour that night. Black Butt was humming around … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW, BWW Star, Fiction, Shabna Kalandar, writer
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BWW Star: Essentials for the under-prepared traveller
For my final master’s thesis, my university had sent everyone in my class a list of potential projects. All the projects were lab-based and to me, they sounded extremely dull. I whined to my course supervisor about the less-than-interesting projects. … Continue reading
BWW Star: Varalakshmi
Her uncle died three months ago. It took him six months to die – so while it wasn’t sudden, they hadn’t expected it would be so soon either. He had fallen on a cleaver six months ago and torn something in his liver. Varalakshmi … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore, Bangalore Writers Workshop, BWW, BWW Star, Fiction, Short story
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