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Copyright © 2018 by Abhik Dasgupta

Publishing Apps: Wattpad, Pratilipi, Shabd

Disclaimer: This is an original work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, actual places or actual events is purely coincidental.

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My Lost Diary
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Like the dried leaves of autumn, some pages of our lives get lost inevitably with time, yet the memories linger at a remote corner of our minds - never failing to inspire us into filling up the blank pages again and again. 'My Lost Diary' is not just a memoir, it is a collage of real-life characters in black and white, painted on the canvas of time. Every one of us had met them some time, somewhere in our journey of life. Some of them have become an intrinsic part of our lives, while others have left a deep influence. Years later we desperately want to return to our childhood, tired of growing up with time. We keep trying in vain to find that enchanted place where colours were brighter, the air softer and the morning more fragrant than anywhere.
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Copyright © 2018 by Abhik Dasgupta  Publishing Apps: Wattpad, Pratilipi, Shabd Disclaimer: This is an original work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either

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Chapter 1 - The Scent of the Pujas

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Come the end of August and puffy cumulus clouds floating in the crystal clear blue sky declare the advent of 'Sharat kaal'. It is also this time that the perennial grass popularly known as 'kash' gr

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Chapter 2 - Encounter with the first Godwoman

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I must’ve been in class five or six at that time, when I grew faith in gods and goddesses. I loved to collect small clay idols of these hindu 'devs' and 'devis' , not merely for the belief in their

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Chapter 3 - The Allegiant Ally

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He was not in my school, but was known to me through a class-mate. He became the 'General Secretary' several times at college and went on to take part in active politics, since then. We used to hold

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Chapter 4 - That Lost Orchestra

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Behind our quarters, just a few feet diagonally across the boundary wall, stood the brick platform called the 'mandap' where the idols sat.  A framework of bamboos was built around it which was then

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Chapter 5 - Chachaji

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He showed his teeth .. when we praised the taste of his rice .. appreciated the little time it needed for cooking .. and even when we disapproved of few grits mixed in them. But this time he'd promi

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Chapter 6 - Kouya (The Crow)

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When my classmates used to call him by that name, besides tickling my funny bones it also made me wonder as to how a fair, plump boy got that name. It had nothing to do with the shape of his body.

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