I'd always dreamed of being a published writer. But it was only when I turned 43, that this dream saw fruition in the form of a Middle in the Deccan Herald. (This was because I stopped writing after I left college. Technically my first published piece was a poem, "A Voice From The Unknown" in the college magazine that I helped edit).The first Middle was inspired by the woman who collected garbage from our street and gave us earfuls of her choicest abuses. She always hung her trademark 'garland of slippers' at the corner plot to symbolize her 'beatings with a slipper' she felt those who threw garbage in empty sites deserved. Anyway, that single publication did a great deal of good to my writing.
There's another secret reason why I love writing for the Deccan Herald. My parents are loyal readers of this newspaper and my byline makes their day. They've been my staunch supporters throughout my life and believe in my abilities a lot more than I do.
Here's my thirteenth Middle about the little family we fostered for three months. Three kittens were adopted, and two probably found their own homes (they disappeared from our house within a week of each other).
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/574091/a-cats-goodbye.html
There's another secret reason why I love writing for the Deccan Herald. My parents are loyal readers of this newspaper and my byline makes their day. They've been my staunch supporters throughout my life and believe in my abilities a lot more than I do.
Here's my thirteenth Middle about the little family we fostered for three months. Three kittens were adopted, and two probably found their own homes (they disappeared from our house within a week of each other).
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/574091/a-cats-goodbye.html
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| The five kittens at the vet for their first immunization shot. |
