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"Oh my! Look at her"

"A clown in a dance show seems odd"

She passed amidst the giggling crowd, her nervous hands pulling down her short skirt, which did not fit her age, at least that's what her neighbours said. Her trembling legs made it difficult to walk in those heels and her flushed face seemed as if she had poured the entire content of her blush palette on her face. But she remembered her daughter's face and her last wish "Mumma I want to see you fulfilling your dream" and that's what she was there for, isn't it? Then why was she bothering herself with the statements of people who never mattered to her?

And as the International Ballet Dance Competition ended, the 50-year old woman walked past the same crowd, giggles were replaced with clapping hands now but her slender old hands were too weak to carry the weight of the trophy she had won. Her vermillion scarf was stained with masscara and soaked in tears as she saw before her eyes the face of her deceased daughter smiling at her, "Congratulations mumma for winning the first prize! "

-Soumili Biswas