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    At Last & Other Stories
    At Last & Other Stories
    At Last & Other Stories
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    At Last & Other Stories

    By Raja Sharma

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    A thick veil of fog had kept the town of Norebro in Denmark covered for two weeks but it was nothing new. Chilly draughts of wind are the inevitable part of Denmark’s long and lethargic winter. But, when the sun rays succeed in penetrating the cover of clouds to reach the earth, not only the people, but also animals and vegetation welcome the warmth with extreme hospitality. The deserted lanes and roads begin to show the signs of human activity and faces seem to be smiling. Everything is suddenly and magically changed. It looks very pleasing to the eyes and senses.

    At Last

    Back to Social Cage

    Cursed Existence

    Unfathomable

    Unrealized Ambitions

    World of Little Gods

    She Lives Among Stars

    Dilemma Faced by an English Teacher

    You call it Progress?

    Mirage

    Subway Treasure

    Remove Your Thorns

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateAug 13, 2011
    ISBN9781466054264
    At Last & Other Stories
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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      At Last & Other Stories - Raja Sharma

      At Last & Other Stories

      By Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2011Students’ Academy

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      Chapter 1: At Last

      A thick veil of fog had kept the town of Norebro in Denmark covered for two weeks but it was nothing new. Chilly draughts of wind are the inevitable part of Denmark’s long and lethargic winter. But, when the sun rays succeed in penetrating the cover of clouds to reach the earth, not only the people, but also animals and vegetation welcome the warmth with extreme hospitality. The deserted lanes and roads begin to show the signs of human activity and faces seem to be smiling. Everything is suddenly and magically changed. It looks very pleasing to the eyes and senses.

      On one such morning, when Yash removed the curtain of his flat window on the third floor of Johnsons Apartments, he could not avoid the sunrays which were so eager to enter the room and make the ambiance lively and sunny. He was startled but he felt as if a new kind of energy had been infused into his dull existence. He had been sleeping very badly of late and for a few days he had been feeling quite lethargic, especially in the morning. His body would not support his mind which wanted him to get up and get dressed. It was different today and everything seemed to have changed.

      Last night he had gone to bed later than usual and like many previous nights, he was unable to sleep well. He decided not to go to work in the morning. According to him, people there did not know how to rest; only work and work was everything. All had their limited worlds and they moved in circles in their worlds.

      He had concluded that no one in this world reached his destination because times and moods keep on changing. His past was a perfect example of all this. Having left his small village in Punjab, India, when he had reached Norebro in Denmark, he found that life was full of jubilations. At first he had felt that the happiness which he got was there in Denmark but now he thinks that delight and happiness was embedded in his ambitions and aspirations. His brother desired that after the completion of his education, he should get involved in the family business of sports goods but Yash believed that it was not possible to make a career in India where sportsmen were not respected. It was all in the past now.

      He left India and made his wonderful career in Denmark. He has a well established business of handicrafts and he imports and exports goods. He is a well known name in that business. He has made his share of money and he has travelled more than half of the world. Eastern Europe is like his home. The word ‘home’ distracts him for a while and he realized that he had to meet a client from Germany. Mr. Anis Khan was an exporter of Indian goods. He had an appointment at 11:00 am, and it meant he could not rest at home.

      He left his bedroom and entered the bathroom. Standing in front of the wash-basin, he looked in the mirror. He looked very carefully and realized that there were only a few tufts of hair left on his head. He was almost bald. The flesh hanging below his chin made him realize that he was growing old. Though his face was red, he knew that his body was changing rapidly. He was a very circumspect drinker and he ate moderately.

      He got fresh, heated his breakfast, ate hurriedly, and left the apartment.

      He was always attracted to a flat in the building opposite to his own. He had almost got that flat but his agent informed that a senior citizen Miss Capri had been given that flat. He liked that flat because the sun warmed the balcony directly, and heat in any form, specially got from the sunrays, was welcome in Denmark. Decency demanded of him to forget about that flat but he could not. Perhaps, he was attracted to the flat because of Miss Capri. He knew only two things: one, she had chosen the same flat which he had liked, and the second was the presence of Miss Capri in the balcony every morning. There has never been any exchange of greetings between them but Yash believes that she keeps an eye on all his activities. He likes it. Now he is so much habitual to seeing Miss Capri from the balcony of his flat that her absence disturbs him. He has felt an invisible bond with her.

      It was impossible to guess Capri’s age from her face, for only her eyes behind a pair of broad framed glasses could be recognized from the maze of wrinkles. While going to office every morning, he felt as if she were trying to gather the shattered dreams from her past, sitting in a chair at her balcony. Her presence reminded him of his own past life. His mother must have been like Capri during her last days. He had not heard anything from home for ten years. His brother’s business

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