Stumbling Thoughts - Archana Karkera

Ideally, there shouldn't be a World Heart Day. After all, the heart has to be taken care of every moment of our life. The modern day eating habits, busy schedules, stressful day doesn't permit our heart to stay healthy. The World Heart Day is not the only day when you have to take care of your heart. It is the day on which the awareness should be spread by each one of us. Some simple healthy routines if followed, will keep our heart pumping with joy. The first step towards a healthy  heart is to do a check up and see how healthy your heart is. Believe me the health checkup report will give you the confidence and the necessary boost to keep yourself healthy. Here are few tips which you can follow if you really care for your heart.

  Read the previous chapter here - The Redeemer The story continues.. While Shekhar desperately waited for Roohi and his nightmare to end, he wondered what kind of torture his little child Sophia must have gone through. How much pain she must have experienced while she was away. Why such a monstrous treatment would be given to a 9 year old girl? His heart wept when the investigation officers said, “She was tortured physically and mentally for 6 months. No part of her body - internal and external, was spared from the torture. Finally when her body couldn’t take the pain anymore, her soul left the body and got dumped by the killer.” Shekhar couldn’t forget the day he had heard her last voice. Although he was on the phone, he could visualize what must have happened when Sophia was just about to call Roohi. He thought, ‘I wish I had stayed with them. I wish I hadn’t come back. With more people around, may be the killer wouldn’t have thought of breaking the window gl...

Chapter 1: Mens Rea by Mahesh Sowani Chapter 2: A Morning Star by Rohini Varun Chapter 3: The Cursed One by Sreesha Divakaran Chapter 4: The Vanquished by Aurindam Mukherjee Chapter 5: The Insurmountable by Vinay Biradar Chapter 6: The Vulnerables by Shilpa Garg The story continues.... Shekhar took Roohi in his arms and caressed her. Moving his palm on her head, he planted a kiss on her forehead and managed to persuade her to go back to sleep. As he stared at the wall, a flash of memories screened in front of him. He was missing his little ones and had called them up at their grandpa’s place. Busy with their game of hopscotch outside the veranda, none of them cared about the phone ringing. Grandpa walked over to the room to pick up the call on his cell phone. Sophia ran over to Grandpa stealing the phone and yelled, “Daddy, we are playing hopscotch! You know I have won all 3 games! Roohi stepped on the line each time and lost.” Her v...

After many years of planning, I finally managed to visit her. In spite of living in the same city, I always just had the thought of actually stepping out of my house and head towards her door step, but never actually did! The guiltiness grows even more when I realize that I had been very close to her several times for various events like Kala Ghoda festival, Mumbai Marathon, Leopolds, a walk at the Marine Drive,.. But didn’t take the efforts to stopover in her area. But the day had finally come! After having a yummy continental lunch at Café Mondegar, I headed straight walk towards Churchgate. Stumbled in the street market and checked out the beautiful artifacts, ornaments, bags, clothes and everything else that would charm a woman. But, I didn’t get distracted. I knew my destination very well. When the market ends, I took a left and the cool breeze touched my waving hair. There I felt I am so close to her. Now.. a few more steps and I’ll be able to see her. Pigeons love her t...