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Silent Strings — Unspoken bond between souls
Synopsis — A poor, wrenched dog suffers a terrible accident that left its spine broken, causing it forever unable to stand and walk. Meanwhile, an unmarried man of late twenties, Abhilash, is struggling an existential crisis in the metropolitan city. What pursues an unexpected intersection between two wounded souls, leading to a bloom of companionship. Together, they embark on a journey of shared solace and healing, and developing resilience and the silent ways hearts can communicate.
The rhythmic rumbling and rattling sound of the train became faint and the vibration receded. A high-piercing honk startled a herd of grazing cows along the track, which started running with it and two malnourished boys as thin as paper were gazing at the crawling train from a distance curiously. A huge plume of clouds billowed high as the train passed through a colony of tin-roof houses at each flank of the track.
The cues were enough for passengers to know that their destination was about to come soon. Abhilash, a man of late twenties, lean and average-heighted, had shaggy beard and jet black hair as soft as silk. He wasn’t in a hurry like others because he had traveled with this train before and knew that the train would stop much longer on the platform to allow every passenger to get off from the train. Instead he looked from the glass window pane of the…
