Readers Junction

  Shruti Agarwal and Shamina Baig were inseparable friends. They were together since their primary school, precisely standard one. When Shruti was ten, her parents died in a fatal car accident. So, she was brought up by her grandfather Narayan Agarwal. Narayan Agarwal family was very rich, affluent and respected though very down to earth. They had a huge villa in the middle of Jaipur City in which Shruti brought up like a princess. Shruti had all the possible facility available in her villa since her childhood. One the other hand, Shamina brought up in a poor Muslim family alongside two sisters and one brother in a tiny housing board home in one of the Muslim areas in Jaipur. Her parents had hand to mouth income. Her father was a factory worker and mother a vegetable vendor. They were poor yet honest and hardworking.  They had big dreams for their kids. Shamina was bright student since her primary, and remained topper throughout her academic career. Shamina used ...

Anup Sharma was sitting at the bank of Swarn Rekha river in Lashkar, Gwalior. He wasn’t alone, but his best friend was with him and she was ‘The loneliness’. They created a wonderful thing and that was ‘The Silence’. The Sun was about to return home and moon was to take the charge till the very next morning the Sun resumes. Nobody was around except two three shepherd’s semi – naked kids playing and trying hard to fly ripped kite in open river area.   The river was elegantly flowing with the great enthusiasm as if it was going to meet its dear one.   Anup was picking and throwing small peddles in Swarn Rekha, and yes, the river Swarn Rekha wasn’t unhappy at all. She was lost and flowing steadily and had nothing to do as many peddles Anup dumped in. The Sun had turned complete orange and the light breeze was welcoming the chilly winter in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.   He was new to the area. No friend, No family. Living in the strange environment miles away from his ...

Once upon a time, there was a King who used to have debates with his beloved Queen over the topic of the existence of God on the planet. The Queen used to say that God exists and arranges for everyone whatever is written in his or her fate. Even a small creature is not barred. From  a tiny Ant to the mammoth Elephant, God arranges food and shelter for every living thing.  One day, the King decided to test Queen’s belief about God. What he did was he caught an innocent Ant and locked it in a tiny compact box. The King wanted to test how his Queen’s imaginary Almighty arranges food for that tiny creature trapped in a box? He decided to keep that Ant empty stomach for a whole day and wanted to prove that, if his Queen’s God existed, then why didn’t he saved her from starving to death? The King went to the Queen, holding that compact box. He  informed her that he had trapped an Ant in that box. The King added that he wanted to test her theory of Almighty existence. He wo...