Flash Fiction 2014 Winners

First Prize - Verina Berryl Rasquinha

Second Prize - Paresh Tiwari

Third Prize - Vishal Gupta

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Contest 2014 Results

 

POETRY	Flash Fiction	Short Story
First Prize	First Prize	First Prize
Vinita Agrawal	Verina Berryl Rasquinha	Amit Shankar Saha
Second Prize	Second Prize	Second Prize
Rochelle Potkar	Paresh Tiwari	Arka Datta
Third Prize	Third Prize	Third Prize
Shloka Shankar	Vishal Gupta	Mohit Rao
	Shortlist
Poetry Anupam Sinha Akila Gopalakrishnan Rita Malhotra Shivapriya Ganapathy	Featured Writers Aditi Singh Sunil Sharma Priyaa Sahasrnaman Sayantini Bhattacharya	Featured Writers Sheila Kumar Amar Agarwala Vandana Jena
Subramanian Shankar		Shortlist
	Longlist	Longlist

Flash Fiction 2014 Third Prize, Vishal Gupta

Reservation

The morning rays penetrated through him. The cool water tickled his back, as he wiped a bead of sweat from his filtrum*. “How alike?” he thought, carrying fifty rupees worth of labour on his shoulders. The train was already at the station, he wondered why the mustached uniformed man wouldn’t let him board the train. His load kept getting heavier with each passing moment. What would he not give to curl himself up in a corner and go to sleep.

He looked at the weathered blue seats. He had walked almost the entire night with water on his back, just to catch this train. He was remembering his journey when the doors opened.

He pushed and rushed in and finally reached the blessed seat he eyed so wistfully. He discovered a stained handkerchief. A mark of reservation in an unreserved compartment. He closed his eyes.

Glossary:

Filtrum: A porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter.