30 WORDS STORY WRITING COMPETITION
THEME- ' A WOMAN IN BUS'
RULES:
1. You can submit a story or a snippet word limit- 30 words.
2. Story/snippet should be strictly original and only in English.
3. The entry should not contain any obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, hate inciting, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content.
4. Anonymity is not permitted. The participant should use their registered name and mail id to submit their response.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
1. Theme for the competition is - 'A WOMAN IN BUS'. Your story/snippet should revolve around this given theme.
2. Type your entry in the comment section.
3. One participant can only submit one entry.
4. A time window of 40 minutes will be given to submit your entries in the comment section after which no entry will be entertained.
5. Deadline for receiving entries is 4th Feb, 2:40pm.
CRITERIA FOR WINNER:
1. Entry should fulfill all the terms and conditions of the competition i.e. rules and procedure.
2. Winner will be decided on the decision of the Review Board and the number of positive replies his/her entry gets on the blog.
3. Points which Review board will consider-
i) Originally
ii) Creativity
iii) Time Limit
4. Priority will be given to the entries which receive the most positive response i.e., the maximum number of replies on their entries.
5. We will consider the total number of positive replies made till 5 Feb at 3:00pm.
PRIZE- Certificate of Winner from PCGL.
Sitting on the window seat, she ponders what could it be to travel alone, to let her guard down, to sink it all in. There is a valley nearby where the bus has to pass by, she looks around the bus and finds that there is not one but 3 souls around. A man stood up and tried to approach her, all she did was look him in the eye and say hi! A small gesture that changed his intentions was a simple smile, which led her to not think twice about the other consequences. She looked back and realised that if it wasn't for this bus ride she would never know and he could never tell that we are just a smile away for the soul to travel a mile.
ReplyDeleteSrishti Sonavane
ReplyDeleteBirds in the sky made her wish she was free. The hubbub in the bus made her wish she was more involved. She lay dangling in the web of life.
Nice π
DeleteBeautifully expressed π€π§‘
DeleteWow ❤π
DeleteSiddhi Joshi, 1st Year BAP
ReplyDeleteWith new-found freedom to travel alone; she looked at colourful bazaars outside the window, strikingly contrasted to her reality. Carrying a baby against her bosom, struggling to find a seat in the bus of 'progress'.
Good effort!
DeleteAbsolutely loved this one. π
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DeleteShefali Singh
ReplyDeleteAt twelve I sat in the bus, with legs apart. They saw me as if I was not a woman but a creature not knowing what I was doing.
True reality. Well said.
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DeleteBeautifully written
DeleteAnother scary day, another day to keep your mouth shut and let others take undue advantage. Let others stir you inside out, break you apart.
ReplyDelete" Because you are a women! You have to suffer."
Unsung story of another women who die everyday.
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DeleteGood one❤️
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DeleteJaya Narayan
ReplyDeleteSweat and cigarette smoke, sweltering heat. It is packed and my body is trapped. Yet, it's freeing. My first time on a bus, alone! Free from needing permission to live.
It's written so well!!!! It definitely feels like a dream and defines what most girls would feel like
DeleteThis is so powerful. And makes you realise how normalised living in fear is..
DeleteOh man, the visuals!!! being able to be, or even feeling free in such a cramped environment. when you think about how suffocating it can be in a place that physically feels big but is mentally or emotionally confining......... I love this.
DeleteDreaming of this freedom.
DeleteThis is such a fresh perspective! Really love the the idea and the imagery it generates
DeleteWonderful expression π❣
DeleteThis is beautiful ♥️
DeleteA woman was sitting in bus.and daydreaming of a supportive and caring husband.she then saw a man , sitting on front seat verbally abusing his wife though his wife was self earning.the woman stopped dreaming and realised that she need to support herself.no one else can support her.
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DeleteKamala Gude
ReplyDeleteThere she lay, stranded in a bus.
Surrounded by evil eyes full of lust.
Nobody to help, nobody to save
Marked the end of humanity
in a so-called modern world.
Parvathy S
ReplyDeleteBAP, 1st year
A Women in Bus
The girl pampered under the wings of father’s bike,in school and college,mocked by her friends,in office boarded a bus and reached unknown world of self-sufficiency.She is we,Representative of women,chained under long list of insecurities.
Nice π
DeleteA woman in bus
ReplyDeletePeeping out of the bus window there sat Romi, dressed in a red beautiful dress. Confused, excited, pondering over her life. She was going to meet her love of life for the first time, she plans the scenario. She reaches her destination:)
"No" said she, a shy woman in an unwavering voice, to being discriminated, to standing up from her seat and giving up her rights and thus, history was created that day.
ReplyDeleteA woman in a bus was sitting unaware that she had a blood stain on her jeans, some people noticed and started giggling. People love to advertise but not sympathize.
ReplyDeleteVaishnavi Agnihotri
DeleteSo true π
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DeleteYes ,the great truth is written in a very beautiful manner.
DeleteI really like it.
Something which we all can empathize and sympathize with! ππ
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DeleteThe London streets were drenched with rain as I got on the red bus. It was a happy day. Something about the bright red colour, the jolly passengers and the lingering smell of rain brought me joy. As I turned around to buy a ticket, the woman sitting in the driver's seat passed me a broad smile. I had never seen a female bus driver before. Years have passed, I have travelled cities and seen glories, yet no experience, no joy, has elated me as much as the woman on the bus and her calming smile did. I hope to see her again someday.
ReplyDeleteWow this is amazing and so different!!!!
DeleteGreat story ππΌ
DeleteBeautifully written!
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DeleteLovedddd it, very well written!
DeleteGod, this is so beautifully writte! Loved ittttt
DeleteMore power to you, Apra! <3
DeleteThis is so beautiful π
DeleteTHIS IS BEAUTIFUL
DeleteThat's so beautifully written ❤
DeleteI really love how different this story is from the rest
DeleteYou're very talented Apra!!!!
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ReplyDeleteWaiting in a bus of hasty commotion, she tried fitting in. Reaching her desired destination, she realized no one was around, it was jostling and shoving of her fearful thoughts.
SHREE VARDHANI
DeleteWell written, Shree!
DeleteThis experience couldn't be more beautifully described.
DeleteEmotions are captured so so nicely!
DeleteWell written Shree Vardhani
DeleteOne woman resisted racial discrimination by not standing up from her seat .
ReplyDelete" But He is very rich , you don't need to work after marrying him , meet him in the next station" - mother said.
Resistance was again shown by a girl who refused to stand up from her seat in the bus.
Soumya Agrawal
DeleteInnovative π
DeleteBarsha Das
ReplyDeleteI'm a woman ready to fly, but fantasy is fantasy, in real I need to board the bus nearby.
Wearing my best clothes and shoes I skip in the bus but why do you look at me as if saying, "Do you think you are wearing enough?"
Don't judge me, don't you DARE TOUCH ME!
I'm just a woman on a bus, ready to fly.
❤❤❤amazing work
DeleteOn point! Great! ❤
DeleteWell said!
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DeleteShreya Kumari
ReplyDeleteOne night, I was dreaming that I was travelling in a bus. The unique thing about that journey was, a woman was driving the bus and also conductor was a woman, there were both men and women standing equally. No one was sacrificing their sit for a woman. When I woke up, I wish may this dream become true one day.
Very well written, Shreya❤
DeleteWell written piece
DeleteName: Reeti Ghosh Choudhury
ReplyDeleteCollege: Miranda House
Course: BA(Hons) Economics
Loud clangs, incessant crying, the reek of exhaustion and the constant fight for safety.
Resembles me. The chaos within me.
Stay strong! :')
DeleteAwesome, loved it
DeleteGreat Workπ―
DeleteLove this piece!❤️
DeleteI feel your words...
DeleteBet most of us over here can relate
DeleteYashvi Tyagi
ReplyDeleteThe world dictated it's norm, of codifying my role. Alerting, that my hands were mushy for heavy vehicle driving. I'm a woman in bus. I'm Vasanthakumari, Asia's first woman bus driver.
Unique narrative
DeleteSuch an eye opener!
DeleteBreaking the stereotypes.
Bravo!
Wow!!! You nailed it!! Empowered as a women...
DeleteVery inspiring... and need recognition. Thanks for bringing it out ππ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DeleteLoved this write-up
DeleteVery well written
DeleteSo empowering and powerful story.
DeleteIts very unique Yashvi! Great attempt!
DeleteVery well thought of and written! Extremely inspiring. I appreciate the thought and narrative!
DeleteYou've literally written a different narrative. Well done.
DeleteMore power to you for with empowering story.
DeleteSo well expressed and narrative content..π
DeleteHonk, Honk. SRRRR!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe bus stops with a jolt. Seeing this "favourable" opportunity, Ravi knowingly moves, unnaturally and inappropriately, closer to to the N-95 masked lady standing before him. The lady turned, Ravi taken aback, drops his "GENDER SENSITISATION & EQUALITY" project file.
"Teacher!!!?" he uttered, in shame, amidst her tears.
Very creative
DeleteTruly thought-provoking!!!��
DeleteSuch a creative piece!!
DeleteLoved this piece!!!
DeleteKeep up the good work.
This is omg!!!!
DeleteThought-provoking!!!��
DeleteLoved this.
DeleteGreat work, Komal!!
DeleteSo well expressed!! and the narrative weaves in so well.
DeleteKeep up the good work.
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ReplyDeleteAmazing!!!π€©
DeleteTruee!!!
DeleteReally showing the mental haoc we have to suffer while pursuing what we love .
DeletePursue your passion girls π
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Delete-MAUREEN NEMTHIANMOI
ReplyDeleteOn a Saturday evening of 2004 , a woman took a bus to Shillong, Meghalaya. It was a 10-hour long and tiresome ride. While eagerly waiting for the journey to come to an end, the woman felt a hand brushed across her hair. She, at first, thought that it was just a blunder, but then the hand moved down to her waist and that was when she knew that it wasn’t unintentional. She took that man’s hand and announced to the people in the bus of what he had done. The woman was quite skeptical of whether the people would support her but it wasn’t so. The passengers and the bus driver stopped the bus and told that man to get off from the bus and also reported him to the police.
What I want people to learn from this story based on a real life incident is to never hesitate to raise a voice against the evil doers. We may think that the world is evil and full of people hungry for power, money, greed and are ego-centric. But we should still have faith in ourselves and the hope that there is still goodwill even in the darkest hours.
As the saying goes, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light”.
inspirational!
Deleteeven though its beyond the word limit, thank u for sharing your motivational story... loved it
DeleteGreat❤π
DeletepooRVA
ReplyDeleteShe boarded the bus, met an awful gesture,
Uncomfortable, she stood up,
Just to be called by the driver-
.........But..........
That feminine gaze from behind the wheels surprisingly, secured her.
Aditi Choudhary
ReplyDelete"She was resolute to stand up to her harasser on that summer day during her daily commute.Intimidated twice, she swung, amidst the soft wind trying to play with her shiny hair and that unsolicited touch trying to oust her modesty,unleashing her fury - hidden and subdued, on that harasser. The commuters, the world became a witness to her power. It was the beginning of a new history."
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DeleteOverloaded with shopping bags and make-up, revealing dress,she was not untouched by hunting eyes and comments of many. But, her act of touching feet of her relative at departure time heartwarmed many.
ReplyDeleteSiddhi Yadav,BAP, 1st year
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DeleteThe bustle in the bus dwarfed the fear she feels being scrutinized by a stranger's gape. "Stop scanning my body",she growled to oppose the normalised sight pleasure in public spaces.
ReplyDeleteIpshika Ghosh,
ReplyDeleteSitting in the bus, Tara sees a billboard that says, “Diamond – A woman’s true jewels.” She smiles as she realises after the surgery tomorrow her transition would complete.
Cheers to a new life, life of freedom and identity!
DeleteUsage of words and meaning, both are plausible!
MEDHA NANDINI
ReplyDeleteDAY 360 :
Dealt with a misogynist boss and witnessed others polish his ego.
Going back home to a family of four- waiting for me to cook, wash, feed, put them to sleep.
The bus journey - lets me see the world out of caged spaces, see the birds flying, and the trees moving.
I wish my life was as carefree as this journey. Moving. Changing. For the better.
So subtle and beautiful. ❤️
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DeleteShe stood exhausted in a bus when she felt sudden non consensual touch against her waist. Thinking of it as a part of her daily routine, she kept quiet and let it go, as usual.
ReplyDeleteManya Srivastava
DeleteSad reality...
DeleteAayushi jaiswara
ReplyDeleteBA(hons) geo 1st year
“Yesterday I would’ve got married, entered new house, served everyone, expected to have kids & raise them”.
Woman sitting in a bus thinking of all probabilities if she didn’t run away.
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DeleteA true mirror held up at the society, well written Aayushi π
DeleteRitu
ReplyDeleteBa programme
A women , Manya travelling from her village to Delhi.She left her husband for her carrier. Her aims can be easily seen in her eyes. People in the bus was saying it is wrong. The people was behaving like that it is not her right. This incident describe the situation of women
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DeleteFabulous ..vry inspiring π€π€
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DeleteVibhuti
ReplyDelete‘Separate buses for separate sexes – ohh! now you’ll be safe’- said all. But two seconds in ‘all- girls’ and she couldn’t breathe, for the ‘male threat’ was part of reality that she has dreamt of.
A WOMAN IN BUS!
ReplyDeleteA woman stepped onto a bus filled with men and only men.
She wore her confidence.
She doused all the fiery stares with her 'silent stare'.
Smiled.
Took a seat.
Written by,
DeleteManisha Choudhry M
Great π
DeleteA woman travels in bus and a guy gropes her . She turns around, asks ," WHY?" Surprisingly, no one says ,"it happens" or doubts her sanctity. I saw this dream yesterday.
ReplyDeleteShakshi Kundu
Wonderful piece ❤
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