tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post6952821384454675621..comments2024-03-09T00:19:36.011-08:00Comments on Reading the Short Story: Shruti Swamy's, “Night Garden”--O. Henry Prize Stories 2017--Short Story MonthCharles E. Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-33204477238949066142021-06-11T04:03:31.204-07:002021-06-11T04:03:31.204-07:00GoodGoodThe 96 kuli maratha https://www.blogger.com/profile/11426342593380195721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-51110026759137772202020-06-08T09:30:20.409-07:002020-06-08T09:30:20.409-07:00Thank you . for that kind of story,keep doing the ...Thank you . for that kind of story,keep doing the good work.<a href="https://tezguru21.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">EMOTIONAL STORIES। 7-Jan The Day I Will Never Forget</a>SOUVIKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214923876340267531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-91367466745714728382018-05-10T07:00:37.481-07:002018-05-10T07:00:37.481-07:00For me, there were clues that the marriage was fai...For me, there were clues that the marriage was failing: <br /><br />Doctor Ramanathan told Vijji to stay inside the house, not to break the concentration between the snake and the dog: “If you break that concentration the snake will kill him, and it will also be very dangerous for you. . . . No one must come in until the snake has left. Tell your husband to stay out until the snake is gone.”<br /><br />Vijji took the doctor’s advice and stayed inside. She also told her sister that she must stay away: "No! Dr. Ramanathan says no one can come in or out." But, she didn’t call her husband. As much as she loved the dog and didn’t want him killed, she must have been pretty certain that her husband was not coming home.<br /><br />Also this:<br />“I have seen a dead snake, split open on the side of the road. Its blood was red and the muscle looked like meat, swarmed with flies. People said it was a bad omen for me, a bride, to see it then. Imagine the wedding of the Orissa bride, who married the cobra that lived near the anthill, and was blessed by the village.”<br /><br />Suddenly, for me, the snake was the husband threatening not only Vijji, but the only thing she had left, her dog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213085208437705448noreply@blogger.com