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  • The 28th of Boishakh and the old amla tree

    The first morning I went out after being ill, I walked along mossy brick lanes to the ruins of an old house, and the amla tree that still stands behind it.

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  • A dream and a warning

    In a dream I threw things out of my brother’s 11th-floor window. Then came a call from an unknown number and police around the building. I woke up feeling warned.

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  • Sorrow

    Nobody wants Sorrow and everyone wants Happiness. Yet in our hardest times it’s Sorrow who stays. A short piece that imagines the two of them as people.

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  • Position

    To some people a position means responsibility, to some it means power, and to some it is just a word. And our society measures people by their position alone.

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  • A cursed life

    A fall from a hill killed his friend and took his ability to walk. Now his days pass in bed while the son who once adored him drifts away. A short story.

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  • The second hand

    The second hand thought it was pulling the whole clock along. When it came loose, the clock kept going without it. A two-part fable about what it did next.

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  • The crow who sang

    A crow who sang happily whenever he was sad heard so much praise that he entered a singing contest. A short tale about what happened next.

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  • Two kilos of salt in one kilo of curry

    The whole village decided to stop talking to the woman who loved to quarrel. But someone who can’t digest her rice without a fight doesn’t give up that easily.

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  • Small thoughts

    When does a person really die? Why are we so hopeful? When does fate start to turn? A few short thoughts from my diary, and a favourite line from a film.

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  • Welcome to Uponnas

    Some stories only live in memory, so I started writing them down. Why the blog is called Uponnas and what you’ll find here.

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