Domestic Violence

Slam! He shut the door with a lot of force and it scared the hell out of Rebecca. Roger came from nowhere like a gusty wind and started shouting. "Rebecca.. Rebecca..." She was sitting near the window in her bedroom, lost in her thoughts like always. He saw that TV was on and then he went to the bedroom and saw Rebecca sitting lonely near the window and observing the road outside. Roger and Rebecca had married 2years ago and had a strong relationship built with trust. But as you guessed things were not going in the right direction. Robert went to sit next to her but she shifted to the edge of the room and gradually on the bed.

"What's the matter?" Roger asked with a commanding tone. She mumbled something. "Speak up then!" he said loudly. Rebecca looked at him with frightening eyes. "I know who she is.. I know you are having an affair with a lady" she said slowly. "Oh really! so you are a dectective now?" He smirked. " We may be a couple but I have a private life and no one has any rights to enter there"He said. "No, I am your wife and you can't do this to me"
"Ofcourse I can" He suddenly got up. " I can do anything I want" he suddenly threw a glass on the floor and made Rebecca to stand on those pieces. "ouch!" she cried in pain. He had a look in his eyes that frightened her. He pulled her hair and dragged her to the kitchen. " There is nothing in this kitchen. The frying pan is also empty and he started hitting the pan on her head" She was trying to fight back but she wasn't strong enough to resist. He banged her face to the dishwasher and threw her on the floor. She could feel blood trickling down from her forehead. In an attempt to fight back, she grabbed whatever was lying on the floor and started hitting him non stop. She brought the heavy flower vase and ...Bang!.. she hit him hard on his head. Things started looking blurry to her and she fell unconscious.

Next thing she sees is in a hospital lying on a bed. " She has seriously hurt her head and we are not sure if she would go to coma for some reason".. she heard doctors talking to the police. As she opened her eyes she was amazed to see that she is still alive! but where is Roger? Her eyes started frightening again and looking around for the monster. She asked the nurse and came to know that when she hit him with the vase it was so strong that it burst his head and he almost died on the spot. "So, I am safe and he can't hit me anymore?" she said crying. "Was that a regular thing Ms. Rebecca?" Police asked her. "He used to hit me everyday. But I don't want to talk about it now" she started crying. Police interrogated her and came to know that this case was another domestic abuse case.

After couple of years Rebecca married again and had kids. Her kids grew up and once she visited her daughter Michelle and found that she had bruises on her arm. "Where did you get these bruises from?" she asked Michelle. "Hmm well my boy friend .. he hit me" she said...

Well, it was happening again.. Domestic violence continues in one family or other.

Its time to say no to domestic violence. Stand up against it. It could be either man abusing woman or vice versa. You should stand up against to it and take action whatever possible.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Escape !

I want to escape to a place,

where I can watch sunrise and sunset,

I want to escape in the memories of my life,

Where I saw happy, sad and beautiful moments

I want to rest my head upon his chest,

Where I can watch him breathe.

I can see his lips converting into a smile,

Then I know I have lit his heart

I want to escape into the dusk,

With the burning love desires,

In the night along the beach,

Where I can give in myself in his arms

We stare hours together at the sky,

To find clouds whisking away for a moonlit night,

Wishing upon a falling star,

And kissing heaven high

That's the place where I would like to Escape,

Away from this world Away from Everyone,

Just Me and Him,

And the stars and Moon along with us!

-Varsha

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

First Kiss

Things between Sushma and Suraj were not going right since long time. While dressing up for their wedding party that night Sushma was trying to think since when she went far away from Suraj's heart. They were in love and they got married after fighting against all odds. But since couple of years, there was lot of influences from both the families and she felt that she was drifting away from Suraj. She felt that things can never be right between them.

Since couple of years, they just never seemed to talk anymore with each other. They exchanged few words in a day like greeting good morning to each other, Suraj would read the morning newspaper before leaving to work and talk about any eye catching headline related to politics or bollywood and she would just nod her head in return. She felt that there is politics everywhere home, office and in the world. She faced problems with her in-laws since it was her 3rd wedding anniversary and she didn't conceive a child ! They suspected that she could never become mother and some of his relatives would make bad faces to her in other parties. After seeing all this she stopped visiting her in-laws and that made things worse between Suraj and her. Somewhere deep down the heart she respected and even loved her family but that love seemed to have lost somewhere.

Suraj, on the other hand was the only son in law in Sushma's family. He never got the respect he should have got in Sushma's family. Theirs was a love marriage and being from two different castes it was their decision to get married. Although, her family forcefully agreed for the marriage they never showed affection towards Suraj and it bothered him and his family. However, he always hoped that he can fix the relation between him and Sushma's family. But since couple of years, he seemed to be fighting with Sushma and even raised his hands on her infront of his parents once. He was slowly realizing how much pain Sushma was taking after marrying him. She lost her parent's affection, she didn't get the love from her in-laws and he was the only person in her life who could make her life better or worse.

His friends organized a lovely party for the couple in a small dinner cruise near the bay.

"We are goin to be late" he said while adjusting his tie.

"These shoes don't go with the dress I am wearing", she stared at her feet.

"I think they are fine" he said without even looking at her.

How can a relationship between two individuals change just in the matter of time? Has he really changed so much? Such thoughts started popping up in Sushma's mind.

She sat in the car silently, listening to a radio station which neither of them liked. May be its time to move on she thought. They didn't had any kids to worry about. May be because they never talked about kids, because somewhere in their heart they felt it wasn't for them.

They drove past to Ocean park near Harbor drive where a twinge of memory struck to Sushma. A sudden rush of emotions ran throughout her body like never before. She turned to Suraj to verify whether he is feeling the same, to her surprise he was smiling. He suddenly dropped his smile and stopped the car near the street. She thought the marriage that was held by a thread was about to end.

He walked past the trees and said "Sush, do you remember we had our first kiss in this park?" "We came to celebrate our graduation with other friends, you had lot of beer that night." she said.

" Suddenly, I planted my first kiss on your lips and i felt like imaginary rose petals showering on us". He said

"Come here my love. On the occasion of our 3rd marriage anniversary I want to kiss you like never before. I want to show you my stash of unlimited love & affection". Suraj said.

"Suraj.. I always loved you.. But I don't know where our relationship is going now.." Sushma started crying like a baby.

"Don't cry Sush. I am your culprit. I have decided to show you the brighter side of this marriage. You have left your family, your world and came to my family. You trusted on me so much. So hold on to it. I Suraj, promise you today that you will never cry because of me anytime in your life."

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They paused for a moment. They looked into each others eyes deeply and saw within each other what they hoped and longed to see for so long. Suraj held Sushma in his arms and planted his kiss again at the same spot. Snow flakes started to fall on them as they kissed.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Good friend Vs Best friend

I want to list out few differences between good friend and great friend. This post is ofcourse not mine but its a consolidation of my emails ;)

Good friend will console you when he rejects you.

Best friend will go and ask him "its because you are gay, isn't it?"

Good friend will help you to find your perfect prince.

Best friend will kidnap him and bring him to you.

Good friend will offer you a soda, Best friend will pour theirs on you.

Good friend will give you umbrella when it rains, Best friend will snatch yours and say "run .. run.. "

Good friend will bail you out of jail, best friend will be sitting next to you in the jail and say "lets do this again"

Good friend will leave you behind if that's what whole crowd is doing. Best friend will kick the whole crowd that has left you.

When you are sad good friend will come and say " I know how you are feeling", while best friend will sit besides you and cry.

Good friend will advice you, but a best friend will help you out.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Horror

I entered the house slowly. I saw few flowers on the table which said " Welcome home". I picked up those flowers and smelled the sweet fragrance of Roses. I moved further and lights turned on themselves as and when I walked. I was scared for a second but then realized that the new house is supposed to have motion sensor-ed switches. I was relieved after wards. I entered slowly into the bedroom. I turned the lights ON and surprise....... I saw all my family members waiting for me with cake and flowers. But me who was weak hearted, fell down on the floor and lay unconscious. This was one of the horror experience .. although not really scary but still felt the pain in my heart !

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

J for Joy

With Joy you were born,
With Joy you were a baby,
With Joy you always smiled,
With Joy you took your first step,
With Joy you cried,
With Joy I healed all your wounds,
With Joy I nurtured you,
With Joy you made me a Mom!

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link
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Ketle

We all heard about the story of Mahatma Gandhi, where he spells the word 'Kettle' as 'ketle'. His friends were able to write the spelling correctly but he couldn't. The teacher begin to check the spellings of other students and found Gandhiji's spelling to be wrong. He tries to signal him to write the correct spelling from his friend's book. But he refuses to copy it. The teacher was angry with Gandhi ji and says that he is a disgrace to the class and can't even look around and write correct spelling". But Gandhi ji says that he can be a disgrace but he doesn't want to lie. Gandhiji felt bad that he disappointed his teacher but he passed in his own examination.

I remembered this incident when I came to the US of A and here I have seen kids doing the same thing. I once visited a school to give a science class to 6th standard kids and saw Gandhi ji's principle coming true. They don't like to even copy the ideas for their science project.. I hope I see this in all the schools and kids follow the principle of truth even when they grow up.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

L for lonely

Lonely are my nights,

Lonely are my days,

Lonely are the years, that bring me tears

Lonely are the thoughts that come in vain,

Lonely are the moments that give me pain,

Lonely I am, in lot many ways!

Lonely is the land on which I walk,

Lonely is the beach where I stroll,

Let death take this lonely life on its toll

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Pied-piper

Ever heard of the story Pied-Piper of hemlyn, the guy who plays the magic flute which lures rats and children from what they are doing and they just blindly follow him. If we put this concept in our real world scenario then yes we are these children who are running blindly in the rat race of these advertisements and media. If you still don't agree with me then let me put across some points which will make you to realize what I am saying.

Advertising and media is pushing everyone in every aspect of their life to attain the so called modern-ness. I coined this word as wherever I see people are trying to change every decade and all they say is "We should change according to generation." But ever wondered who is setting all these levels for us?? Advertisements, newspapers, hyped celebrities or these hypocrite leaders?? Every time we read or hear something unique from their parties, we try to do the same thing in our life.

Some companies in the market have blind followers. Whatever products they release people jump off and buy that. Even if the product is expensive or its not really that great compared to other products. Because of this blind following the electronic sector companies benefit alot. They come up with some funky features in the phone or laptops and people just go and buy them. They don't give a thought that do i really need this product? Does it really benefit me in my day to day life or its just an added possession? They just stand in the line and buy the product as soon as it is released in the market. Many people just have so many electronic gadgets in their home which they don't even use it.

Same thing with feminine products. There are wide range of companies manufacturing products like perfume, cremes and other makeup accessories. They all promise to do something good, and women who are the soft targets go and buy them. Sometimes they buy just for the heck of stocking things up.

What bothers me is when people fail to question themselves, "do we really need this?". Everyone is more or less running blindly behind the pied-pipers in the market. I hope people who read this post would at least now start questioning "do we really need to buy this?" before buying anything from the market.

One of my related post on this topic is - Advertising & media, which talks in a different aspect though somewhat similar.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Q for Question

We come across many questions in our life. Right from our childhood these questions never leave us alone! I always used to get the haunted memories of my exam questions even after passing the exam! However, the reason i selected this strange topic today to write is many a times in our life we come across some questions, answers to which have changed our life.

For instance, in our 10th standard we make sure to answer all the questions since the results will decide our fate for the future. Did you ever thought that these questions are like the building blocks of our life. Many small or big questions become necessary to answer in order to sail smoothly in our life.

Answering a question correctly becomes so important when you are sitting infront of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan on Kaun banega crorepati and for one crore prize money question. The situation of our brain, our heart, our pulse becomes so sensitive. Our brain starts running in those corners of our life where we have never been to seek the answer to this question.

"do you love me?". This one question must be very common to every one in this world and answer to this question affects two individuals life. This question requires an honest answer which many of us fail to give. This is a life changing question.

Similarly if you are a doctor, you get the million dollar question after every surgery. "Doctor Sahib, how is my son/daughter? Will she/he be alive?". Imagine the situation of the person who is going to answer that question. Everything is dependent on the complexity of the situation and how easily you answer to ease the pain.

Now, you will say "uff yeh sawaal" meaning "Ohhh these questions" but we can't get rid of the questions anytime in our life. These questions sometimes create turmoil in our life.

so, the post for today is Q for Question.......... so finally to all my readers.. " how is this post?"... haha answer it.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Rain Drops

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Rain, rain don't go away,

show your splashing magic today,

pitter-patter rain drops fall from the sky,

but i have my umbrella to keep me dry

Dancing under the monsoon rain,

children and adults forget their pain,

children laugh and play in their free spirit,

making little paper boats to float down the street

The sound of the thunder and music of the rain,

Fills the hearts with the emotions,

Increases the desire to meet the beloved

The birds and the critters start to sing the song,

Peacock dances the best on its own tunes

After pouring from the burdened clouds from the mournful grey,

the rain stops to fall while the clouds start to scatter,

at this very moment the sun starts playing hide n seek in the sky,

And the sun rays form the magnificent rainbow across the sky

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

S for Sky

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The best evening sky i have ever captured on my camera is the one above. It was near a beach. Look at the shades of the colour evening sky has. These resemble that of our life. The grey shades are the bad memories we had so far in our life. They are like the lessons we learnt. The vibrant orange colour depicts that we are still charged up to do something constructive in our life. The setting Sun is the symbol that the day has passed by and we need to take rest and prepare for the next. The cool breeze near the ocean helps us to relax and soothe.

So for today's post i present this picture of sky.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

T for Time

For some difficult questions and situations in our life, Time is the only answer. Time is the only medicine for healing many problems we face due to emotional disturbances. As there is a day after the night ends, there is always good time after we see the worst. We see spring after seeing the harsh winter season.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

UFO

What is the strange thing I am seeing tonight?

A giant big saucer crashing from the sky

There is something odd about this strange object

It is streaking across the dark night sky

Suddenly the light started beaming on the ground

As if it is searching something around

How rare it is to see this in the sky

I wonder if they are some kind of spy!

Suddenly the flying saucer stops hovering in the sky,

It landed abruptly on the ground with a thud,

There are some creepy little creatures

having very vague face features

At first I thought it is the figment of my imagination

But slowly I accepted the fact

that I have seen the UFO & the Aliens tonight

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link

Verdict

The verdict on the disputed land,

brings smile on all the faces at last

Bringing the message of peace and tranquility

Instead of angry and sullen faces!

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link.

Winter

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Here comes the winter, last season of the year

Bringing a lot of snow again as a blanket on earth's surface

Making everyone to feel winter's cold caress,

Snow comes down in the dark of the night

when we are awake the world is white..

Look at the snowflakes white and round

They sprinkle all over as heavens lure

They glide smoothly from the air,

To cover the houses, trees and the ground,

But not making a single sound!

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link.

Xanadu

We all travel a lot to different places. There are some places which we don't like and don't remember and there are some exotic places where we travel and have long lasting memories related to that or some places where we want to go. We define that place as Xanadu or very beautiful place , in our mind. I came across one such place where i recently visited. That was the Islands of Bahamas. Even now when i close my eyes i see the same blue sky and blue atlantic ocean surrounding the islands.

Bahamas is the place where your dreams become the reality and you won't notice the difference in reality and your dream. These are the islands of Bahamas which are like no other place. It is one of the big archipelago consisting of about 2000 small islands. The water is the clearest water on the planet. Your gaze will actually meet your toe when you look into the water.

Even though i have been to only couple of the islands, beauty of each island extends far beyond the extraordinary natural scenarios. I felt like I have stepped into an extraordinary place within myself. This is a perfect location for celebrating occassions like marriage, honeymoon, 25th anniversary etc. The blue water, the clear sky every moment was breath taking in Bahamas.

Somewhere deep down my thoughts I have captured the fond images of the island. Whenever I close my eyes and try to reach any place that can give me relief from stress then here is where i usually end up. My memories about this island is locked up to this place, such is the beauty of Bahamas. The cloudless skies and clear blue ocean, the moving shadows of the palm trees that are near the shores. I can still feel the sand on my feet, warm breeze blowing near the ocean. I can still hear the horn of the cruise ships that are standing near the docking place and bringing thousands of tourists to this beautiful place. I can hear the sound of the ocean waves that are crashing softly to the edges of the shore.

This place is a true Xanadu by any means for me!

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link.

Yellow

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There is something about Yellow color,

It is the color of the mighty sun,

It is the color of tasty lemonade,

It is the bright color in the rainbow,

Yellow is the color of flaming fire,

It is the color of the taxi,

That I use for commute when i need,

Even though it is not the color of my choice,

There is something about this color!

It is the bright and vibrant color I see,

It is the color of the bright sunshine,

That brings the confidence in me,

And encourages my strength,

Yellow brings clarity and awareness,

Just like the energy of bright sunny day!

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link.

Zebra Crossing

Our eyes met despite of all the noise around us. She smiled at me, I smiled back. She took two steps towards me. I walked two steps towards her. I noticed her hair and walked some more steps. She walked further more, i walked further more. Our eyes were still staring each other and refused to see any other thing around us. We came right in front of each other. I suddenly held her hand and she turned back.

Beep... Beep... huhh

Man shouted " Guys are u aware that you are walking on a zebra crossing and not acting in movie.. move fast now.. we have to get back to work"...

We got separated and walked on our own way. This was a sweet encounter.

P.S. This post is written as a part of Leo's Z-A writing challenge for the month of November.. for other posts visit this link.