Competition Twenty-Two Shortlisted: The Mermaid’s Tail

The only grove in the family holding that gave 50000 coconuts in a single cutting. Every summer it brimmed with the plucked jackpot nuts that lay about its expanse.   “It is my fort, da.”   Perumal mama (uncle) would thump his chest in pride, tap the ground with wisdom.   “It is where the […]

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