An ounce of faith #TellTaleThursday

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I walk into the shopping mall, hiding my face carefully in the shawl. I look around frantically- at that man sharing an ice cream cone with his toddler, the grandma immersed in her book at Crosswords, the lovey dovey couple posing for a selfie and the man leering at me. Shouldn’t I boil with anger looking at his lust filled eyes? Surprisingly I feel good, I feel desired.

I walk into the lingerie shop and a sales girl immediately springs into action “Maam do you want to try out latest edition of our lingerie set from Paris?”

I smile, no one knows, no one sees it. “Yes” I croon in my silky smooth voice as she escorts me to the changing room.

Alone now, I pull down the scarf and lay myself bare. As I undress a few scars from the operation are still visible on my body and my face feels a bit rough.

Life has taken a detour, all it took is an ounce of faith, to take that first step- being trapped in a man’s body for years I couldn’t handle it any longer. Now I am me, in a body where I truly belong. The scars will vanish and life will be good just as I always dreamt- all I needed was an ounce of faith.

Linking up with #TellTaleThursday with Anshu & Priya

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.

16 thoughts on “An ounce of faith #TellTaleThursday”

  2. Wonderfully written, Aks. First story I read in which the girl in the prompt is the protagonist. Most of us fell for those mesmerising eyes. You gave the character a life. Loved the twist. Well done.

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  3. Loved the twist at the end of the story. My first guess was she must be an abused survivor. An ounce of faith was what she needed to feel where she rightly belonged. good read.

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  8. Blue eyes believed in self and gave us a wonderful tale on the prompt. Thats an out of the box thinking, Akshata, your signature style, I must say!!!

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