Thursday 12 December 2013

Showcase - Picture Prompt - Vegetable seller - Anumita


A very strong conclusion - it ties up the entire story. 
This story makes connections between the state of the vegetables and the girl in the picture.
Well written!



The old rusted yellow colored wall with the open old rustic wooden door looked very dull. There was a three stepped staircase in front of the door and one could often see a little, thin, frail girl sitting on the steps all by herself. The house belonged to a vegetable vendor. He would put a cloth on the floor on the left side of the staircase and the vegetables on it to sell. He had two kids, a son named Rahu and a daughter named Gazara.  Gazara was always dejected. Her parents were always partial towards her brother. They had once thought to send her to a school but their neighborhood told them that she would not help her parents if she went to school. So she was not sent to school. Only her brother went to school. Her parents had the same bias in other matters also. She was not allowed to go out to play, or celebrate festivals. While her brother got sweet treats and good food, she did not. 

The same thing happened today. Her parents and her brother went to the fair whereas she was asked to stay back to sell vegetables. As was her usual self, she sat on the staircase, hand on hand, staring at nothing in particular.   A weighing scale was lying on her left. Next to it were some withered vegetables which she was supposed to sell. A few frail cabbages, yellowed cucumber, a few bunches of insipid spinach and some more vegetables in old cartons. It appeared as if even the vegetables reflected her dilapidated stated, deprived of everything good in life.

Monday 9 December 2013

WOW - Innocuous

Meaning: 
Not offensive, dangerous or harmful
Lacking intent or capacity to injure

Usage:
The innocuous looking lump on his forehead turned out to be malignant - it is a good thing they got it checked by the doctor instead of getting fooled by the looks of it.

The student was merely curious when he asked the teacher an innocuous question. He did not mean to hurt the teacher's feelings.


WOW - Pithy

If something that is said or written is pithy:
  • It is intelligent
  • Strongly stated
  • Without wasting any words

Usage:

In order to be effective, press releases must be short and pithy.

A pithy quote: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. – Mahatma Gandhi



 

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