Life in a Metro
Life in a Metro
Shashank Purandare
This is an attempt to write a multi-lingual story, since life in all the metros is becoming truly cosmopolitan.
Veena pulled the apartment door to close it and ran for the lift in the lobby. But it was already moving down. She pushed the down button on the console and waited impatie ...
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AI
AI
Shashank Purandare
Hi, I am Akshay. Not my real name, of course, but it will do for what I am going to relate to you now.
I am 25. I graduated from IIT Mumbai couple of years back with B.Tech. in, you guessed it, Computer Science. Got a job in a multinational software company on campus with a hefty salary since I ...
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What do you know?
What do you know?
Shashank Purandare
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction and any similarity with events, places or characters is purely coincidental.
Rashmi got into the 9.06 pm Thane fast AC local at the last possible moment just as the doors were closing, even though she was standing on the platform for the l ...
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Crime never pays
Crime never pays
Shashank Purandare
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Mumbai-Pune expressway is a delight to drive on with speed limits up to 100km/h and three wide lanes to drive on. Most of the times, motorists used to exceed these limits by a wide margin until speed cameras came up and stiff fines were imposed.
Sujay was however, a cautious driver ...
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The Contract
The contract
Shashank Purandare
It was such a beautiful day. Not a single whiff of cloud in the azure sky. A gentle wind was blowing ruffling the green tops of the trees, spread across the endless terrain of green grass. Birds were flitting around singing their mystique songs. A single vulture could be spotted in the sky, sc ...
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12.05 am Dombivili slow
12.05 am Dombivili slow
Shashank Purandare
Opposite the Sachivalaya Gymkhana stands the Working Women’s Hostel building. Next to it is a three-story building named ‘Jalvayu,’ which houses the office of Joshi Associates. Adv. Anil Joshi is a renowned criminal lawyer in South Mumbai. It was past 11:45 PM when Anil and M ...
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