Category Archives: 12+ years

Two To Tango By Shreyas & Aditya – Special Mentions

At Beyond the Box, we are constantly thinking of ideas to give something unique, refreshing as well as challenging to our community of writers. Two to Tango was one such endeavour to encourage the participants to work along with another writer as a team and bring about a creative synergy. 66 teams participated in this one-of-its-kind contest and the winners were chosen by an eclectic jury panel comprising of prolific authors Ramendra Kumar, Shilpa Suraj and Apeksha Rao. Below prompt was given to the writers and they were asked to narrate the same story from two different points of view.

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Misunderstandings – Father’s Day Special Story Feature

Ivy drags herself out of bed on the freezing morning. It’s the same, tedious routine she has to follow, day after day. Wash, get dressed, have a meagre breakfast, then walk to the college campus, because they can’t afford the bus. Still, her life isn’t nearly as bad as some of the other kids she knows at college.

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The Bright Side

The resounding sound made by the alarm was enough to wake Sheela up. Though the alarm rang every day, she was tired of this routine. Her work every day was just this. Waking up at 5 AM; finishing cooking by 7:45 AM; sending off her son and husband; doing the household chores; having lunch; taking a nap for an hour; picking her son up from school; the chores again; eating; sleeping; waking up the next day at 5 AM.

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What Makes Me, ME

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” said Robert Morley. It is true, of course, unless and until we start loving ourselves and accepting our flaws, we wouldn’t be able to love other things wholeheartedly. It does require time because the best things never happen in the blink of an eye, but we must never lose our hopes and should always keep embracing and improving by focusing on the brighter  side, because nothing is impossible. 

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Mikayla Anderson – Accident Or Murder?

On October 28th, 2005, at around 6:30 AM, Mikayla Anderson’s body was found floating face down in the Lavern Ocean about 200 yards from Kelvyn Island. She was wearing only a silk nightgown, yellow wool socks and a red down jacket.

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“So, high profile case huh?” said detective Harrison.

“Yeah, did you know her personally?“ asked his assistant, Det. Morgan.

“Know her?! I used to have a crush on her. Her beauty was impeccable, after all she was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood”, answered Harrison.

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