The first Written Story

The first written story is The Epic Of Gilgamesh and is the mythological account of Gilgamesh who is believed to have ruled between 2700-2500 BCE. Gilgamesh was the ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk.

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Gangster or an Imposter.

Photo courtesy Pixabay. The city of Mumbai had been reeling under a massive spurt in crime. Police had lost all the willpower to enforce law and order. There were regular cases of shootouts between rival gangs. One of the gangs stood out in ruthlessness and sophistication to commit the crime. It was the black cobra gang. Rarely any of the members of the gang was ever convicted. There were rumors floating in the city that it had penetrated its tentacles in the government machinery and the judiciary and could influence any decision. It had become more of a mafia providing protection to the industry and collecting money from them in return. This money was used to bribe judges and government officials to get their work done. There were reports in newspapers that one of the police officers had been raided by the Central Bureau of investigation and crores of rupees were unearthed from his residence. He had properties in every part of the country. On investigation it was revealed that h...

The Charismatic Superstar

Photo courtesy Rene Asmussen on Pexels. “Get out of the police station”. These were the words of policemen who were refusing to lodge a complaint from Yash. They were trying to make it difficult for Yash to register a case by asking irrelevant questions. An exasperated Yash remarked, “Don’t worry, truth always has a way of revealing itself.” Saying this he stormed out of the police station. Yash was a hardworking college-going student in the final year of graduation. Being very good in his studies, he had always been a ranked student till now. There was only one weakness that he possessed and that was his adoration for Bollywood superstar, Sanatkumar. It was his passion to watch each and every film of his idol on the first day of release; if possible the first show itself. Such was his adoration that he had joined the fan club of the superstar. On the day of the movie release, he used to tag along 10–12 of his friends and spend on their tickets too. After the movie was over...

Wishes and Dreams Do Come True.

Photo courtesy Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash. Four years into his job, Ivan had turned into a despondent man and was living from paycheck to paycheck. The prevailing recession had cost him his increment. Due to peer pressure, he had joined an IT engineering college. During the course of graduation, he had received a job offer from a software development company in the campus placement. In the final year of graduation, he had only two love interests. One was with his childhood sweetheart whom he had known from his school days and the other was watching football matches. Both the lovers were deeply in love and decided to get married once he had a stable job. After two years in his job, he was confident of his future so he decided to get married. In a years’ time, they were blessed with a lovely son. The expenses of the family had increased and he had not got any increment. The house rent outgo was huge and due to the recession, jobs were rare to come by. The money issues often...

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