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Those Letters

From handwritten letters to fate’s embrace

Swati Sarangi
Write A Catalyst
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5 min readDec 21, 2024

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Let’s go back to 90's! How beautiful were those days when letters were used to be the media of communication! The era san mobile, smartphones, and social media was something different yet more connecting. It built important relationships. Waiting for letters as a medium of communication was something inexplicable, wasn’t it?

Sharanya and Shubhra have been best friends. They took admission to the same school from pre-school.

The first time Sharanya saw lil Shubhra sobbing at the entrance gate of the newly admitted school when her parents had left her as it was the first day of Shubhra at school. The grief of separating from her parents was so huge for little Shubhra to bear that she couldn’t control the outburst of her emotions in the form of tears.

When the class teacher persuaded lil Shubhra to come inside the class where many innocent eyes were watching the newcomer entering the class, on finding a vacant seat near Sharanya, the teacher asked Shubhra to occupy it.

While Shubhra was yet to recover from her sobbing state, Sharanya was already adjusted to that environment as she had already spent 3 days there. Hesitatingly Sharanya extended her hand for friendship, little did she know…

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Swati Sarangi
Swati Sarangi

Written by Swati Sarangi

I observe and write! Non-fiction | Philosophy| Engineer | Published Writer |Blogger @www.creative-constellation.blogspot.com for 11 years and counting!

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