Posts Tagged ‘fear’

Lopen Jangchub turned around when he heard a thunderous sound of metal crashing and crumbling in his ears. His mouth opened wide and eyes became still when he saw two vehicles embracing, growling as if in annoyance. He was panting after jogging for two kilometers down town. The sun had not come up yet. Incredible scenes began to unfold before him: right out of a fiction novel. Read more »

The rickshaw paddler? What’s the cost? That ten-rupee note he earns making one trip towards Community centre from my hostel (some half a kilometer distance)? They rush up in their tattered clothes and sun-beaten skin (as if they haven’t taken a bath in ages) whenever they see us coming out of our hostel. They lack pure sanity, how can they act so insane for the few bucks Read more »

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Sometimes I sit and wonder about this life –my life, your life and our lives together. Many nights I am unable to sleep because I think too much . Read more »

Spare me a smile;
Diminish my fear.
Give in your verdict; Read more »

Sometimes the earth shakes
And they call it earthquake
It shakes and rattles us
To the far edge of fear

And then just like that Read more »

(This story comes from Eastern Bhutan. I heard this story from my grandfather as I was helping him to herd our family cattle when we used to live in the village. I wrote this as a part of my assignment for my module -creative writing)

Long ago, Tshomo, a teenage girl lived with her parents in a remote village. They made their living by herding cattle. They took turn to graze their cattle in different grazing ground in different seasons. The cattle were shifted up in the highland in the summer and brought back to the villages in the winter. Read more »