Category: Stories
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 8
TERMS AND CONDITIONS ANAYA There are three kinds of bad mornings. One — you wake up late. Two — you wake up to bad news. Three — you wake up, and the bad news has been sitting in a group chat since 4 PM yesterday, and everyone assumed you already knew, because you’re supposedly engaged…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 7
THE FIRST TEST ANAYA I woke up to forty-seven notifications. Forty-seven. Not because something had gone wrong. Because something had gone right. Which was somehow worse. I stared at the ceiling for a full minute before picking up my phone. A mistake. The photograph was everywhere. Instagram. WhatsApp. Family groups. Three separate aunties. Someone’s mother.…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE -6
DAMAGE CONTROL ANAYA I knew my life was over the moment the auntie smiled. Not a normal smile. Not a friendly smile. The smile of a woman who had just discovered enough gossip to survive the next six months. Interesting. No. Not interesting. Catastrophic. My mother looked between me and Veer. Then smiled. His mother…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE – 5
CAN WE FIND THE BALANCE? ANAYA There are very few things worse than accidentally getting engaged. Finding out the internet is invested in it was one of them. I had barely slept. Not because of Veer. Not because of the fake engagement. But because my mother had apparently entered her “future wedding planning” era. At…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED – EPISODE 4
“ONE HOUR” ANAYA I think I get why people get so panicked over a time bomb. That is dumb reference but I couldn’t think of anything else because the time is ticking with an impossible task to do on the way. One moment is “come on Anaya you can do this.” And the next moment,…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 3
TOO LATE. ANAYA There are mistakes. Then there are situations. And then— there are situations that become public. Mine became public at 8:17 AM. The rush of emotions thinking through the current situation was baffling. Veer Malhotra had the audacity to reject me. Get it together Anaya, he didn’t reject you, you created a mess.…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE – 2
“YOU OWE ME…” ANAYA I think having a time bomb in your chest should be a thing. Because I woke up the next morning straight into a nightmare. I woke up and realised that I created a huge blunder yesterday. All the moments of yesterday’s engagement party were coming back to me. And within all…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 1
ONE SMALL LIE ANAYA There were exactly three reasons I hated engagement parties. One—people suddenly believed they were qualified to discuss your future. Two—someone always asked when you were next. And three— men became strangely confident around champagne. I adjusted the clasp of my bracelet while looking at my reflection through the elevator mirror. Black…
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OFF THE RECORD EPISODE- 10 (FINALE)
KAIA The office felt unfamiliar. We had changed. The conversation was so sharp that I knew there was no coming back after this. I didn’t look at him. This time— I chose not to. NEIL She walked in. Same pace. Same control. Less cheerful. Disappointed and from the circles she was trying to hide beneath…
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OFF THE RECORD EPISODE -9
NEIL The office felt the same. Nothing had changed. Same desks.Same screens.Same rhythm of people pretending to be busier than they were. And yet— something was off. I didn’t look at her. I didn’t need to. The silence where there should have been tension— was worse. KAIA I reached before thinking. Adjusted a file on…