Akshara's Diaries

  The chairs were placed in a horseshoe formation in the society compound.       The residents of ‘Sabarmati Heights Society’ were going to have a society meeting today,in which no resident wanted to take part in.          Miss Ruby(or Mademoiselle Ruby, as she preferred to be called)was sitting on a separate chair,facing all the empty chairs in front of her.She was very fat and despised by almost everyone in the building,her infamous behaviour being very famous.Her foolish nephew,who was around the age of twenty,still behaved like a child.He now sat beside her,crying while blowing his nose repeatedly on an already dirty handkerchief.         The residents of the building came down,one-by-one,and they took a seat reluctantly.Miss Ruby’s evil face twisted into a fake smile every time a member took seat. ‘So my dear residents,’Miss Ruby said in a fake,sweet voice which nobody liked. ‘Up to no good,for sure,’Mr. Rajan muttered under his breath. ‘As you all know,I called this meeting becau

  With age,comes the stories of the past mysteries and old scandals. Age itself is a very mysterious thing. Mr.Richard Raymonds was a very old man,living in a village.He had toiled hard for nearly the whole of his life and now,at the age of eighty-five,he was enjoying his much deserved retirement.He lived up in the cold hills in a cottage with his cook.           But even though he was a bachelor,he wasn’t very lonely.Every evening,children climbed up the hill to hear stories of the past scandals and mysteries which were probably forgotten by almost everybody. ‘Oho!Here comes my gossip party!’Mr.Richard said jovially as he saw the children walking towards him. ‘But uncle,we are bored listening to your folk tales.Tell us about the old scandals like you used to do before,‘complained Raju as he sat on the veranda. ‘As you say,’Mr. Richard said,patting his tummy.He noticed that Tamanna was looking disturbed. ‘What’s the matter?’asked Mr. Richard,in concern. ‘Oh it is Rohan.He was such an a