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KAPALI @KABAB.COM

 Palamaner is a small sleepy town endowed with six to seven marriage convention halls. All these are in newpet only. Once there was a small marriage hall in pathapeta(oldtown). It was closed in the wake of small disputes followed by court cases. Now a days everyone has to depend on kothapetha (New town) marriage halls for all marriages and other functions. For this they have to cross the N.H.4 national
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Marriage

“There are five unmarried women in our district committee area. We can ask any of them except Urmila if they have any intention of getting married” said Balaram in the Squad Area Committee (SAC) members’ meeting. Balaram is one of the members of the District committee. He said this during a discussion on the issue of Sampath’s marriage that came up in the meeting. If any of the squad members
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Memento

Narmada was lying down with the saline drip inserted into her veins and looked very weak. I sat beside her on a stool. I looked in turn at the saline bottle and Narmada’s face with death writ largely on it. Occasionally I looked out of the window located above her bed. ‘The skies are so dark. It is going to be a heavy downpour,’ I thought. “News of our comrades
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Teachers

‘It looks like our comrades who have gone to the village have returned’. As soon as they heard these words, some of the guerillas walked towards the make-shift kitchen holding mugs in their hands. The place they call kitchen has not yet taken the shape befitting the name. A make-shift stove was made by placing three stones in a triangular shape. Fire was lit by gathering firewood and placing it
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A New Dawn

I deliberately took the lower berth so that I can feast my eyes on the picturesque Konkan. The winter season had just begun.  The greenery covered with the mist fills the heart with such pleasantness! And the pleasure of sipping a hot tea in that ambience is at a different plane altogether. How happy Keerti and the children would have been if they were here now! We should definitely make
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చుక్ చుక్ బండి వస్తోంది !

చుక్ ..చుక్ బండి వస్తోంది... పక్కకి పక్కకి జరగండి.. ఆగినంకా ఎక్కండి... జో జో పాపా ఏడ్వాకు అయోధ్య లడ్డు తినిపిస్తా... కమ్మటి పానకం తాపిస్తా ! వెళదామా అయోధ్యకి? అక్కడినుంచక్కడికే కాశీకి ? రానుపోను రెండు వేలెనట చార్జీలు... తిండీ.. పిండీ అన్నీ రైలె పెట్టుకుంటుందిట. మీ జిల్లాకే వచ్చి మిమ్మల్ని తీసుకుపోతుందట అరె పదండి... చు క్ చు క్ రైలు వచ్చింది.. ఎక్కేయండి! ఎలెక్షన్ల లోపు రెండు వేలే.. తరువాత ఒక్కో మనిషి కి ఇరవై వేల ఛార్జీలు..ఎక్కడ పెట్టుకుంటారు అంత? ఇప్పుడైతే రాముడు ఇస్తాడు . పాలస్తీనా జాతి హననం చేసిన ఇజ్రాయిల్ని
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Gift

My darling boy!! How are you? I am conversing with you in this fashion after a long time …… Unfortunately, we cannot meet. So, you must be thinking that you are entitled to at least a letter from me. But, what can I do? There is too much of work pressure! I decided to write a letter to you today as it is your birthday. You must have celebrated your
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Guerilla’s Life in a squad

The train was speeding along. Trees and hills were racing past with equal speed. The events of the past seven months flashed before Lakshmi's eyes. --- Itwas 11 o'clock. As soon as the train stopped at the station, Lakshmi got down, waited for it to leave, and then crossed the tracks. Her eyes scanned the station premises. She held the signals she brought tightly in her hand. Meanwhile, a middle-aged
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Priceless

The Division Committee (DVC) meeting was over and everybody was making preparations to go back to their areas. As every other DVC member, Pusu was terribly busy too. Pusu was planning appointments (‘APT’s) with the couriers. He checked if things to be taken and given had been exchanged properly or if something went missing. He wrote some important letters that had to be written, in the last minute. He tried
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The Sword & The Shield

The encirclement of the CRPF forces by the PLGA was almost complete. A part of the enemy force that entered in their hundreds has been separated from the main contingent with ruse by the guerillas and a siege was laid. The CRPF commandant who had earlier had a taste of a PLGA attack had his doubts when the guerillas started retreating on one side. He felt it may be a