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                                                                The Fly                            She heard the buzzing sound continuously circling her head and brushing along side her ear. She got annoyed and  persistently evaded it with the flourish of her hand.She was  reading her morning newspaper  but the deep droning sound compelled her to stop. Facing the mosquito menace of which she had got habitual but now this lnoe fly that too so powerful that its  buzzing distracted her completely.Flies are a nuisance  .They signify dirt and filth that too raw filth .She became wary of it and got up to make it fly out of her room but at the same time the buzzing sound sud...

                                                    She looked in the distance. It was quiet everywhere.Her legs were paining. The stench and the deserted look around compelled her to move faster.The fading light of the distant sun threw a morbid pall  on the surroundings.The vehicles zooming by disorienting  the settled muck and dust.She was going for her evening walk.She always took the narrow inner road along side the main road which lead to her destination.On the way she came across  the dwarfish dense trees lining the both sides of the road.Red wispy flowers bloomed on them.They were fragile to touch.She almost caressed them and plucked a few holding them very carefully in her hand.They turned soft in the dark and moist hollow of her closed palm.But she carried them to the end of her walking point. Here she would sit on a bench which ha...

                                                       The room is quiet.The maid has just left.The whirring sound of the fan is creating a soothing effect on the frayed nerves of suman.It is very hot outside.Inside too it is not cool.But she manages to remain so by keeping cool and managing her regular breathing.She concentrates on the rhythm of her breath.She follows it ponderously and feels her eyes drooping.She suddenly remembers that she has  to take her medicine.The lethargy has completely taken over her.She does not feel like moving.She spreads her legs on the bed and once again listens to her breathing.She turns it to catch some other soft and invisible sounds. Her quiet mind floats effotlessly to catch the diffused and muffled sounds hovering around which oterwise the noisy brain never catches.She sees the curtains shivering in the ...