March 05, 2016

Strong Roots - A Short Story


“The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots” He paused running frames and his eyes glued to the screen. He was watching ‘The Revenant’ that day.
For entertainment, right?  
As to genre it was adventure. Then what happened, why did his eyes become gloomy, why did reminiscences of past started playing in his head? How did Inarritu knew the same earthy language? And he thought his grandpa was rustic…a bumpkin fellow.
Cold flashes stuck on the core of his eyes in a form of drop. Instantly, he searched for next train timings, which was going to his village, to his fields, to his roots. 

- Ankita Chauhan