Tuesday, April 12, 2005

A quick tale 11

A very brief affair

As love affairs go, hers was a fleeting experience. He was a boy who lived across the street. She was standing at her doorstep waiting for a friend to arrive. He caught her eye and smiled. She smiled back. He asked her for her name. She replied. And the school she went to. She answered. Her aunt appeared on the scene and the following week, she was sent packing away to her grandmother’s house in a nearby town.

Some months later, she was married to an army man who was on vacation. Many years later, she sat listening to the priest who performed her husband’s funeral rites. He was telling her that she had to lead an austere widow’s life from then on. She found herself wondering what it would have been like if she had married the boy from across the street. A boy whose name she never asked.

13 comments:

Suguna said...

Oh Boy! I think u must write a book.
u R so good at it.

Anonymous said...

touching!!!

Harish said...

hmmm.. doesn't quite have the "Ammani" touch. don't know why :(

AF said...

Good One!!
AF

Anonymous said...

ammani...ore feelingsa pochu!
good one again!

Shammi said...

You're one heck of a writer... you should think about compiling and publishing your "quick tales" - although to be honest, this one isnt quite as good as all the others preceding it.

The Last Blogger said...

To add:
But then she realised, if she had chosen the "other" option, in every significant step of her life, things could have been far worse too. And with that thought, she decided that the life past was best being what it was and nothing could have made it any better.

PVS said...

Nice one, but missing the Ammani touch

Anonymous said...

Ammani, PVS & Harish have said what I was thinking, something is missing this time :(

Shammi said...

It's me again, Ammani. Since you dont have a tagboard sort of thing, I'm having to leave this message here.

Anyway, here goes - I've been reading through all your old posts (not just the quick tales) and they're absolutely compelling... very very readable! I'm glad I've linked you on my blog. :) Write, write, write lots more.

Where are you in the UK, btw?

Unknown said...

I have the same thing to say too...Ammani trademark missing on this one :(

Anonymous said...

Ammani, re-read this post just now and I have to say it feels different this time around. I liked this time around

How useless as am I, changing my mind so often!!

Anjali said...

well done