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Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo

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As usual I got up before the alarm buzzed. I walked towards the kitchen and set the pan on the gas. I can't survive without shot of caffeine early in the morning. I took the mug and went to the balcony. The view was splendid from there. I wanted to sit in the balcony but suddenly I remembered what Harsh had told me sometime ago, 'Try not to go out. I don't want to attract unwanted attention.' Honestly something had died within me then and there and it made me brutally realize who I was,  still I didn't say anything. I dragged a chair towards the huge window and started enjoying my cup of coffee.             The view ahead of me was fabulous. Zig-zag roads crossed each other. I wonder where they went? At times I also wondered where did people go who every day travel on these roads? They go to home, my subconscious replied. If they go home why in the first place do they leave the comfort of their home? Home! One word but so p...

Caged

I was standing outside the room. The laughter mixed with emotional cries could be heard till the corridor's end. Till now I had been summoned in the room thrice, but I don't know why I couldn't move. I was standing transfixed. Actually I had been in the same state since the time I had heard the news. I was still standing with bated breath when somebody coaxed me and pulled me inside the room. Who was that? I don't even know. The room smelled of medicines. The walls were pale white and there was a huge machine on which some gibberish thing was flashing. Why can't they make the rooms a bit better? I looked everywhere but at the spot that was waiting for my attention.             For a nanosecond everything went black. I thought I had become blind. Before I could panic anymore a voice jolted me, and reluctantly my eyes focused on the spot that I had been trying to ignore till now. There he was. Lying on the bed. Actually it would b...