Beyond the tale

I came home, washed my legs and hands at the gate only using water and soap. Then immediately went to the bathroom for a bath without even touching a  single thing at home. I even kept my changed clothes in a tub for washing adding detergent to it. No. No…It was not morning but afternoon nor I had come from somebody’s last rites. This routine was started from the day the Covid-19 pandemic has taken over our life. From this routine, I just remembered my childhood days when my grandmother used to change clothes very frequently. We were not allowed to touch anything before bathe in kitchen. She used to wash hands for every little activity. Like wash hands for touching chapatti, wash hands for just serving food, wash hands after touching every pot before touching any other thing. And this was followed so rigorously that there would be arrangement of washing hands using two pots near her. One pot with clean water and another pot to add dirty water after hand wash. She ...

    Ryan is a young engineer who just completed a degree in an engineering college in the year 2000. After an engineering degree, his struggle started with searching for a job in a good company. For six months, he applied for all the best companies in his country. But he was not at all getting any feedback. After six months, there was a disastrous slowdown started in the industrial sector. Many big companies were declared bankrupt. Many companies had decided to lay off an ample number of employees. Now he was facing competition from experienced employees rather than fresher like him. Companies prefer professional people rather than newer ones. So his task became tough to search for a job. His routine was to find out a newspaper and search for job opportunities. He had not even got shortlisted for an interview in most of the cases. Frustration had started taking over his head. For hours, he used to sit on a riverbank and think about what would be his future. ...

    Kristine was a judge for the last few years and had solved so many critical criminal cases with her talent and judgment. She was the only girl to her parents. Her parents were both retired teachers. They were very much proud of their daughter for her achievements. She had married a businessman and had a son from him. He was 10 years old. Kristine was 45 and her husband was 47. Her life was full of excitement as well as an emotional roller coaster ride as she was facing a new case every day. Each case on the bench was bringing thrill in her life. She was enjoying this journey as every case had a new perspective of crime every time. But she was not known that this job would put her in such trouble that she would regret as well as thank God that she is a judge. The other day she finished her breakfast in a hurry as she was getting late to court. Somehow she finished her breakfast and ran towards the car. She reached the court on time. Till today, there is a record on ...