My secret wish #FridayFictioneers

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Its snowing today- they call it “Beast from the East”. As much as I hate the cold wind hitting my face and my toes that get numb, the inner me is thrilled beyond words.

Heavy snowfall means no boxing class today. I pretend to like it as I fear the wrath of my Dad and Mum. Today, I will put on my dancing shoes, the ballerina ones that sis wears and dance to my heart’s content.

I don’t quite get why adults say “You are a boy, don’t act like a sissy”

(92 words)

Linking up with the amazing Rochelle Wisoff who hosts a weekly flash fiction challenge for aspiring writers.

Published by Akshata Ram

Chartered Accountant, Story Teller, Dreamer, Voracious Reader, Blogger, Mommy to a little munchkin, Shopaholic, Day Dreamer.Passionate about my career in the corporate world and aspire to break the glass ceiling, at the same time nurture my passion for writing. My niche area is short stories, I also write on parenting, sexism, life's experiences, micro blogs and flash fiction. I have won the best Parenting blog post at mycity4kids.com the largest parenting website in India, 4 times and several of my posts have been published in the #MostPopular category on this site garnering millions of views. I also write on Bonobology, Rivo Kids, Women's Web and Youth Ki Awaaz. My blog has been chosen as the Top Indian Blogs for the years 2018-2019,2020 by TopIndianBlogs website and found a place in the prestigious Top 22 Indian Literary Blogs in 2020 @TopIndianBlogs.

18 thoughts on “My secret wish #FridayFictioneers”

  6. Nice story, Akshata.
    As Rochelle says, there are some fabulous male dancers. Also, it’s far from unknown for boys to learn ballet when they’re young – my son did, for example, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
    I wondered, though, whether there was more to your protagonist’s love of dance. “Thrilled beyond words” is a very strong statement. The fact that he wore his sister’s ballet shoes, “the ballerina ones”, also feels significant. This reads like a description of a gender-fluid child. If that is your intention, you’ve written it very accurately and with great empathy.

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    1. Thanks Penny I am always in awe of how you read between the lines. To be honest I hadn’t thought of gender fluid but it was good knowing about this. And seeing how the strong statements suggest that it could be a case of gender fluid identity

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