<p>Each of them shared short stories and poems written by them. Saudha narrated a short story called Eggs which was about Mrs Rao, who owned a multi-storeyed house and so had many tenants living in them. One of the tenants is a man called Zainuddin, a friend of her son Vivek, whom she suspects is a terrorist. <br /><br />All the news channels keep blaring news that terrorist bombings are happening all over the country and in Mrs Rao’s eyes, her tenant is a potential terrorist. She doesn't leave even a single opportunity to take a dig at him and keeps warning her son that he will have to pay for keep his friend in their house. <br /><br />One day, police come knocking on their door asking for Zain. This confirms her doubt. She faints, waking up to find that a huge crowd has assembled outside her house to watch Zain being dragged away by the police. <br /><br />Later her son comes home and tell her that Zain had bought a few peacock eggs from the market and since it was illegal to hatch them, the police had come to arrest him. The story throws light on the never-ending prejudice that everyone possess which is all Muslims are terrorists. <br /><br />Annie Zaidi was the other author who was present at the event. She read a few poems of hers, which were based largely on love. She had written on fairy tale love, rustic love and rejected love. <br /><br />She asked the audience to choose a poem they would like to listen to. <br />The introductory poem she recited was very well written. It spoke about her and the place that she came from. <br /><br />“This poem helps me introduce myself to a foreign audience. Since I am a poet, introducing myself through a poem is ideal,” Annie said.<br /><br />One of the poems she read out was about what could have happened once the princess kissed the frog in the fantasy tale The Princess and the Frog. <br /><br />She narrated one of her short stories about a flutist. The programme was conducted by Toto Funds The Arts.</p>
<p>Each of them shared short stories and poems written by them. Saudha narrated a short story called Eggs which was about Mrs Rao, who owned a multi-storeyed house and so had many tenants living in them. One of the tenants is a man called Zainuddin, a friend of her son Vivek, whom she suspects is a terrorist. <br /><br />All the news channels keep blaring news that terrorist bombings are happening all over the country and in Mrs Rao’s eyes, her tenant is a potential terrorist. She doesn't leave even a single opportunity to take a dig at him and keeps warning her son that he will have to pay for keep his friend in their house. <br /><br />One day, police come knocking on their door asking for Zain. This confirms her doubt. She faints, waking up to find that a huge crowd has assembled outside her house to watch Zain being dragged away by the police. <br /><br />Later her son comes home and tell her that Zain had bought a few peacock eggs from the market and since it was illegal to hatch them, the police had come to arrest him. The story throws light on the never-ending prejudice that everyone possess which is all Muslims are terrorists. <br /><br />Annie Zaidi was the other author who was present at the event. She read a few poems of hers, which were based largely on love. She had written on fairy tale love, rustic love and rejected love. <br /><br />She asked the audience to choose a poem they would like to listen to. <br />The introductory poem she recited was very well written. It spoke about her and the place that she came from. <br /><br />“This poem helps me introduce myself to a foreign audience. Since I am a poet, introducing myself through a poem is ideal,” Annie said.<br /><br />One of the poems she read out was about what could have happened once the princess kissed the frog in the fantasy tale The Princess and the Frog. <br /><br />She narrated one of her short stories about a flutist. The programme was conducted by Toto Funds The Arts.</p>
