Aug 21, 2013

Food for Soul

I had been desperate. Over three weeks in village and my book finished long ago. The remote villages had the highest rate of illiteracy in the country, thus let alone a book story, there wasn’t a stationary in about 8 km radius. Last week I spoke to my mother for hours. It is surprising that the mobile phone networks have reached where schools couldn’t.

Yesterday I rode to the post office to check for my office mails and parcels. There was one from my mother. It contained three hard bound books. I got my food for soul. Love you Mom.
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She had been working in my house for over a year. A little over 15, her main job was to hang around and take care of my niece. Each time I went home I saw her looking at me with her inquisitive eyes. I often wondered if they had some request.

Late one night, I was thirsty and I stepped into kitchen for water. The lights were on already, and there she was, sitting with an open book, reading out loud as she tried to pronounce each English word, slowly rocking as she read, feeding herself on food for soul.


100 Words on Saturday - Write Tribe

The two short posts are written for 100 words on Saturday by Write Tribe and the prompt was "Food for Soul".

P.S. Have you dropped by at my ongoing project 30 days 30 books?

16 comments:

  1. I love books and would simply die without them in my life. My soul would starve! Loved both of your submissions.

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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  2. Books! always a great food for the soul :)

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  3. Love both stories. Every book lover will vouch for that as book knowledge matters the most.
    Cheerz
    Vishal

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  4. No food for soul beta than books rt... are these based on true stories?

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    1. Mina...not the first

      Second is based on true story

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  5. :) lovely posts the both of them. Good books are certainly food for the soul!

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  6. The second one took me by surprise.
    Good read.

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