Pooja's Submission for Magazine April 2021

TONGUE  TWISTER by Pooja Sippy

             1)  *Truly Rural*

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¶ Expressions & A Story which explains the meaning of the phrase "Truly Rural"

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An Autobiographic Utopian Travel Journey of a pair of *JOOTAS* (Shoes) 

   (Add a Describing Picture different community)

 ¶ From URBAN to RURAL Community Living

 (Add utopian keys with definition)

¶ Simplicity in living a blended, interconnectedness UTOPIAN/DYSTOPIAN Lifestyle

 (Meaning of Utopia/Dystopia PICTURE) 

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¶ Many hands and machines worked on me and gave me a shape in the factory 

* until finally I was ready to be showcased on 13th December 2011. 

                      *URBAN*

¶ I am a pair of Nike shoes. 

* As soon as I was born I was neatly packed in a box and sent to a shop named Elite in New Market in Calcutta.

* I was the most handsome and expensive pair in the rack. 

* The ladies' footwear used to eye me and talk about me. 

* No one could buy me because I was very expensive.

¶  One day a superstar came and bought me. 

* He used to wear me to all the parties.

*  I must say he was the best dancer in the city.

*  I loved dancing along with the ladies' footwear.

*  But one day while drinking coffee he mistakenly spilt some on me.

*  Just then he wiped me sure, but since then he just left me on his shoe rack. 

* After that he never put me on.

                   *SUBURBAN*

¶ Finally one day he got rid of all his used but not old shoes and I was one of them. 

* This time I was given away to one ordinary man who used to wear me everywhere - to his office, gym, shops… 

* He did not have any other pair so he always walked with me even on dirty roads and mud puddles but unfortunately he never danced! 

* One day I was torn apart and my stitches opened up. 

* He went to the cobbler to mend me.

*  But he said "These shoes cannot be repaired any more". 

* So he had no other choice but throw me away and so he did. 

                     *RURAL*

¶ After many days a beggar picked me up and somehow managed to put me together with strings. 

* I did not want to stay with him. 

* But he might not have thought like me.

* He always treated me with love and care.

¶ *And I think he loves me for the sake of me.*

 (So he still wears me though I look extremely worn out)

           (POOJAS PIC WITH DOGGIE)