Tauji was a stickler for rules, traditions, rituals and more rules. All his favorite dialogues included the word “samaj” – Samaj kya bolega, Samaj me rehna hai toh yeh zaroori hai, Samaj me baate banegi, Hamare samaj me dene-lene ka vyavhaar banaye rakhna padta hai, etc. etc…   A…

It was perhaps the weirdest Diwali vacation ever. He had spent yesterday ruminating over his conversation with Nanu. He couldn’t understand why he had even thought of Naina when Nanu had been talking about love and life partners. Of course, he didn’t think of that girl in that capacity……

A whistling sound disturbed the still environment as a rocket whooshed up from the confines of the glass bottle, and raced to the sky bursting into a thousand particles as soon as it reached its destination. It was the occasion of Dhanteras, and while several people took the chance…