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Shruthi D'Rose


Strangers Crossing Paths
My debut book Strangers Crossing Paths is a crime thriller. It is a collection of sixteen short stories. Each seems like a standalone but...
Shruthi D'Rose
Mar 12, 20222 min read
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Operation Hamelin
Kay addressed the crowd assembled in his basement, “It is 2099. Only a thousand families survived a spate of disastrous events – global...
Shruthi D'Rose
Apr 7, 20244 min read
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The Threads of Fate
.” A statement that I have been taught since childhood…something I always abided by. I was born with sparse hair on my head. And being a...
Shruthi D'Rose
May 30, 20225 min read
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Donate Blood, Save Lives
All the seats were occupied in the waiting room at the blood donation camp. The protocols issued by the government were in place. Masks...
Shruthi D'Rose
Apr 23, 20223 min read
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Muse, Ruse, Bemused
‘Love thy neighbour'. I had taken this commandment quite seriously. It was barely two months since I rented a spare room in the Johnsons'...
Shruthi D'Rose
Apr 17, 20229 min read
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The Birth of the Special One
It will be 12 soon and I haven't heard from Kate. Usually, she calls me ten minutes before the clock strikes 12 so she will be the first...
Shruthi D'Rose
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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For Better, For Verse
“Apratyashit. It means uh…unexpected.” She patiently clarified. “I haven’t even read three lines of this poem. It’s beyond my...
Shruthi D'Rose
Mar 30, 20229 min read
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Touched By An Angel
I stood by the bridge staring down at my fate. Soon I’ll be a corpse floating in the river, by fish, beaten by the torrents, and...
Shruthi D'Rose
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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