The Stranger – Amazing Short Story

October 17, 2007 | | 15 Comments

I just received an email having a scanned document as an attachment. It seems to be some kind of a literature examination paper of some Soham Bandhopadhyay, and is a short story named THE STRANGER. It has been evaluated as excellent by the examiner and given the 1st place, deservingly so. A brilliant piece of writing which compels you to keep thinking about the story till long after you’ve read it. I am reproducing the story here below, and also link to the original PDF document. Download and go through the document to see the examiner’s evaluation.

THE STRANGER

She was getting engaged.

And all I could do was stand by and appluad along with all.
I didn’t dare open my mouth for fear of saying somethign stupid, something like “I LOVE YOU”.

I remembered the other day when she had come to me with red eyes. Her “BEST FRIEND” was going away. It had never mattered to me that her best friend was a guy. I thought I was above such things. But her tears awoke the sin of jealousy in my heart. Fighting it I had consoled her and given her chocolates to eat. She proceeded to rest her head in the crook of my arm. And promptly fell asleep. I chuckled at her baby-like innocence.
But now, as I applauded, I felt something stabbing at my heart.

She was getting married.
I saw her come down the stairs decked out in her bridal finery. Never had I seen her looking this pretty. I saw her taking the seven rounds around the sacred fire with the man I had come to hate, holding his hands. I saw exchanging garlands with him.

She was a total stranger to me now.

I was standing near the car when they both came over to me. I wondered what they wanted. I wondered how to say Farewell to the Departed.

Nevertheless, as my Daughter and Son-in-law touched my feet, I blessed them. She was openly crying. I told them not to worry. That I’ll always be here.

She responded by hugging me.

And I could not stop the tears anymore.

CREDITS: SOHAM BANDHOPADHYAY

EMP NO. – 51067

DEPTT – PED

Download PDF: The Stranger By Soham Bandhopadhyay

Comments

ANNA

RATHER INTERESTING STORRY, I LIKED IT
Tim

whaaaaaaa? Hmmm..
amber

that doesnt make any sense whatsoever.. it was lame
guest 4

fail
Nice

The man who said that the story made no sense … I have bad news for you – you are a fucking retard, man … hope you enjoy your life.
Phlegm

Its as shallow as a country song… a bad country song as that.
Laial

wtf? didnt make sense at all!
Tejasvini7

its such a cute story….aaaw!!!
Guest

It's about a dad that's letting go of his daughter, it's him coming to terms that his daughter is moving on in life….. Retards..
Rose130

It's about a dad that's letting go of his daughter, it's him coming to terms that his daughter is moving on in life….. Retards..
Tolodd

quite a story…..lost in affirmation
Hanadi

Wooowww, I just wasted 2 minutes of my fucking life reading this useless shit.
Anthony

Not difficult to work out quarter way through the story who was writing it.
Asem Abd

ok where the story??????????
Milissa more

Awwww this is sweet