Category: Adda Tales

This Friday marked that seventh annual World Photography Day. A day to celebrate the passion of photography. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, which means that a single photograph can have the impact of a thousand words. In that regard, this week’s #AddaTales prompt was “It all started with a Photograph”, where it would be a photograph that would lead to a story. So, here is the story that made us look at photographs in a different light.

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Independence Day is finally round the corner, and it will mark India’s 70th year of freedom from the oppressive British rule. In honor of that, this week’s prompt for #AddaTales was “What is freedom?”, they asked’. Freedom means something different for everyone, and in that context, freedom wore many different hats on #AddaTales. So, here’s the story that made us question what freedom really is about.

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Friendship Day is around the corner. It’s time to remember old friends and more importantly, appreciate what we had in them – a partner in crime, a shoulder to cry on, and an unconditional support. So in honour of old friends and Friendship Day, this week’s #AddaTales prompt was ‘I met my best friend after ages…‘ and friendship showered all over with a beautiful story! The prompt took myriad turns from funny, tragic, or even dangerous, but here is the story that was a perfect mix of love, care and hope – something that friends fill our life with! So, thank you Twitteratis for your participation on this week’s #AddaTales. Here’s your masterpiece that kept us glued to our seats!

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Saturday came out of its lazy cocoon with a power packed conversation at #AddaTales. The latent talent of concocting enthralling stories is a part of our genetic make up for generations. This week’s #AddaTales prompt was ‘She Finally Spoke Up…‘ and our participants on Twitter switched on their storytelling mode, giving us an exquisite tale for the weekend. Want to know what she spoke up about? Read on…

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Winning a lottery is everyone’s dream, for who doesn’t like the thought of getting humongous amounts of money for minimal effort? Winning a lottery might seem like the best thing ever, but going from a small amount of cash in your account to counting many zeroes is something not everyone can handle. This week’s #AddaTales prompt was – “You have just won Rs. 76752121!”. We must admit, this prompt took a very different turn from what we expected. Read the final #AddaTales story below!

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There are things and situations that are so surprising that we can’t fathom how we we’ll react if we ever find ourselves in them. Today’s #AddaTales prompt was one such situation, and it was interesting to see the twists and turns that a story coming out from such a prompt would take. Without any further delay, here is the story that Twitter gave us with the below prompt!

Time to end the week long wait for #AddaTales. Your prompt is in the image. #Tip: Be spooky. Start NOW! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/aKUfbv2Gpg

— BlogAdda (@blogadda) July 9, 2016

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