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Sharing a Short Story

Alter Idem (Second Self) turns one today :) I had begun by sharing a short story. You know, I have decided - I'll mark every year by sharing a short story. This story dates back to my high school days. Back then, summer hols meant visiting grand parents - going to native place :) One corner of the attic in my maternal grand-parents' place was (probably, still is!) reserved for dumping old books and magazines. On some afternoons, this would be my time-pass haven. If it was the jokes that lured me to the college mags, it was the articles and features in English mags like The Illustrated Weekly of India , the short stories in Kannada mags,.... I read this story in Sudha , a mag that has launched so many Kannada writers, and, a mag that is still around :) The story, then ... Here's Parvati, waiting for her husband, Shankar, a Yakshagana artiste, to come home. Now, Yakshagana is one of the few surviving folk arts of Karnataka - characterised by elaborate costumes,