Theme 19 - Shoes

"Why don't I fit in my father's shoes?” He always wondered. Little did he know about the competitive world outside his father's huge mansion. He was too young to understand, that to fit into father's shoes, he'll have to grow with experience & become a better human being, even better than his own father.
- Rohan Bapat


Shoes are important part of dressing, but I observed our saints walking, travelling barefoot all their lives. It’s for our ease but I never thought how they manage. We get everything in life so easily not being bothered about others’ struggle to achieve.
- Khyati Jain


Topper by all means but algebra was just not my game. I cried myself to sleep a day before the exam, knowing nothing can be done, too late to even pray. Next morning I found a pile of paper crimped by my side. Dad said, “Put it in your shoes rock star, life is easy”.
- Priyanka Kabra


With the one pair of shoes that he gifted me, I walk with him everyday!
- Shikha Sharma


A sleek eight-year-old, she wore a pair of black bellies, just like one wears to school. However, one could not help but notice the faded pink bow on each of them.
"Maa painted them for me", she said.
And in that moment, I hated myself for having those perky pink shoes once.
- Charu Rawat

Time is a great healer they said. Not to him though. With a younger sister in sight, and an inconsolable mother right beside, he knew it would be impossible for him to fill in his father's shoes.
- Harshit Bhatnagar


Extravagant Page 3 party, drunkards and druggies all around. Obscenity in the form of dances. And random make outs in the lobby. Fake smiles, random fashion discussions and crude demeanor. Nobody cared about the clothes that resembled the rags; not their attire but their shoes spoke of the class here.
- Priyanka Dharamsi

She was having them in all colors from the darkest shades of red to white. All beautifully placed in the rack in her room, where the little girl was standing, staring them with a broom in one hand... Bare feet...
- Nayan Pandya


Rapes are happening. Kidnaps are casual. Murders are common. Laws are liberal. Convicts are free. Victims? Their misery cannot be expressed in words.
I wish the convicts and Netas would have walked in the shoes of victims just once.
- Anusha Gupta


Simran bought little pretty pink bowed shoes. Akash, little black ones. After 9 months, both the pairs lied neatly in a corner of the house, like some untouched dream.
- Priyanka Agrawal


Aahna picked beautiful Red Heels. After leaving the store she was followed by a young man, very descent. But the chase confused her.
Reaching her he said. You picked up the wrong bag, its mine.
Hit by the Cupid, they silently stared at each other - charmed.
For Aahna with shoes, came love.
- Paridhi Mahendra


I stood there and noticed the pair of pumps she wore to the party – blue, peep toes, yellow sole and red 5" heel. That lucky bitch had got the exact pair I wanted with my new dress. But not for long… She was soon going to remove them for the paper dance…
- Jaya Kataria


She isn't the same, but alongside.
I've had many, but the perfect one does fight.
She counts on me and wants me beside.
A pair isn't complete until the other shoe is right!
- Mohit Kalra



She came across a footwear shop while selling flowers on road side, and was mesmerized by the holographic nature of a silver heel. It was beautiful, simple, and uncomplicated. But she can't afford it..
It became her dream to buy it.
Some people can't fulfill their small dreams.. We are lucky enough.
- Anjali Hardia


She was sitting and chatting with a notorious poor child, who used to play around, make noises and trouble everyone.
But unlike other days, he was very quiet, calm & sad.
After their few minutes’ conversation, she stood up, gifted her shoes & went away.
And that boy.. He was back to his regular business.
- Shashank Mehta

रोता हुआ गया वो अपनी माँ को बताने की जूते के तलवे में छेद हो गया ।
वही जूते जब गरीब का बच्चा कूड़े से बिन कर लाया, तो उसके चहरे पर मुसकान मानो फटे पैरों की ताजपोशी बयाँ कर रही थी ।
- Lokesh Dugar


जूते सी-सी कर बड़ा हुआ हूँ मैं, रोज़ी रोटी भी कमा लूंगा|
ऐ खुदा बस इतना रहम करना, मेरे हॉंसले को तू सी कर रखना!
- Sanchi Bahrani


उस महंगे जूते का घमंड उस दिन चूर हो गया जिस दिन उससे कही ज्यादा सस्ते जुराबों की गैरमौजूदगी में उसे भी नकार दिया गया।
जुराबों: मोजे
- Gaurav Salvi


कभी बचपन में एक दूसरे के छोटे-छोटे खिलौने
जूतों में छुपाया करते थे हम दोनो.
वक़्त के साथ जूतों का साइज़ बड़ता गया
और खिलौने कही गूंम हो गये......
- Nikita Kumawat


बुज़ुर्गवार को अपना बार-बार अपने पैर से जूता बाहर निकालते-पहनते देख उनके बेटे ने कहा "जब ये जूता इतना ही परेशां करता है तो इसे पहनते ही क्यूँ है । " जबाब था "ये जूता तुम्हारा दिया है इसे फेंका तो दूसरा शायद ना मिले। "
इससे बड़ा मखमली जूता मैंने पहले कभी नहीं देखा था।
- Rahul Jharia

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- Nikita Kumawat