# Parallel Lines

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- Published: 2015-07-19T18:15:11+00:00
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**Author:** Indrani Laskar
 **Pages:** 76 **Year of Publication:** 2014 **Price:**
Rs 150 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-083-3 (9789350450833)

_**About the Author**_
 Indrani Laskar is a member of the Assam Civil Service. A
short-story writer and poet, she also writes articles in local dailies, both in 
English and Assamese. She has translated Kafka’s _Diaries_ (2006) and _Letter to
His Father_ (2011) into Assamese. Her other books include _Jiban Bichitra_ (2011),
which is a collection of her articles, _Rang Birang Xhiyalor Kotha_ (2012), fables
for children, and _Inner Space_ (2009), Assamese short stories translated into English.
Laskar lives in Guwahati.

_**Teaser**_

_Death, never so near_

I held him,
 In my arms, Eyes closed, Arms clinched.

A moment ago,
 We talked, We laughed, Of going to the church, And of visits to our
hometown; When this car comes from the alley, And in a moment, he was all bones,
And the car, a battered tin.

The anxious voices milling around,
 The frantic activities and scurried feet, Blurred
into floating existence; And I held him close to me, Dark of his blood spilling;
Warm against his cold body, Feeling for the draw of breath, Against his calm face.

I held him;
 In my arms, Never wanting him to go, Never believing he could go, And
waited… and waited till My own whisper faded…

_**Contents**_
 47 poems spread across four sections