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The Mystery (Of the Missed calls)

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 17 ; the seventeenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton . 10:45 PM Tring Tring. “ Hello ??” “ Who ? Jappi ?? No, I am not Jappi, I am Arvind; sorry wrong number ” Tring Tring. “ Hello ? Sorry this is not Kattreguppa Junkyard, what? No we don’t buy or sell scrap metal ” “ Newspaper ?? " Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh , " you wanna sell it ? Hell , Ok I will pay you 10 rupees per Kg ok ? No, not a pie more than that, if you are Ok come to my shop Today evening ”  . Thank God this wasn't tough. Atlast I could ward him off. Let him go searching for the Newspaper Buyer's store and raise hell about the bargain, Not my mistake *Notorious and Irritated* Phewwwwwwwwwwwwwww !!!! This is my routine life, Every wrong number in this country connects to my phone and  there is nothing I can do about it. My doct...

Let there be no light

She woke up from her limbo in absolute jet black darkness. She felt severe pain in her head and had difficulty with expressions on her face. Too tired to move she just lay there. A chill went up her spine. Only then it dawned on her that she was lying naked on a cold floor, as if in an ice container. She started to crawl on all four limbs, exploring the place with her sense of touch. Every tissue in her body was frost, going immobile. She dragged her body with all her strength to find an opening and get out into warmth and heat. At times she fell back gasping for breath but the will to survive made her go forth.  She sensed something soft like an organ- a human ear; she wanted to sense the rest of the body but it was all by itself; as if cut off from someone’s head. She wandered a bit further and fear crept in. There was more than one pair of human ears lying around. She shuddered and moved chaotically rolling over and crashing with things she realized to be hair wigs, human heads...

Erin Brokovich

----------------------------------------------------------  Title: Erin Brokovich Tagline : She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees. Cast: Albert Finney, Julia Roberts, David Brisbin Writer: Susan Grant Director: Steven Soderbergh ---------------------------------------------------------- Before I talk about anything else I would like you to know that Julia Roberts has won Oscar(2001), Golden Globe(2001),BAFTA Film Award(2001), Blockbuster Entertainment Award(2001), Broadcast Film Critics Choice Award(2001), Empire Award-UK(2001), LVFSCA Sierra Award(2000), London Critics Film Circle Award (2001), Los Angeles Film Critics Association award (2000), MTV Movie Award (2001), National Board of Review-USA award(2000), SanDiego Film Critics Sociey Award (2000), Screen Actors Guild Award(2001), Teen Choice Award(2001) for the best Actress for her title role in Erin Brokovich. There have been numerous other nominations and aw...