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  • ABDUL, THE SEED-BED MAN — AN OUT-OF-THIS -WORLD HUMAN BEING

    The other day I was waiting at the Gopal Hardware Stores, Kolkata. Kishor, the owner, was to clear clients before me. I wished to show my buying list at the client- counter. I needed mixed iron nails, a hammer, hangers, and a water-bucket. I also needed two door locks, four light bulbs, and a pair… Read…

  • HER KIT HAD LAUNDRY, NOT TENNIS RACKET; SHE REALIZED THE FARCE

    Sona and Ganesh were in Sunwal House, Sona having her breakfast at the dining table and Ganesh, busy leafing through a small booklet by a cupboard, in the dining hall.   “Why don’t you take this Manual for Injuries and Treatments along, Sona?”   Ganesh, holding the booklet in his hand, walked to the dining table where… Read…

  • SIX SIMPLE STEPS TO EFFECTIVE WRITING

    You Can Write Far Better Than What You Think You Do. Writing is a craft that sometimes rises to the level of arts. So stop being an artist. Be a craftsman. Use a wordsmith’s tools – plain old hard thinking and the plain old tools of English language. Put such words on paper that people… Read…

  • DR AMAL – MORE OF A NATURAL HEALER THAN THE TOPMOST OSTEOPATH

    Kailash was three years’ my junior in school 40 years ago. He had been suffering from heart murmur for last seven years. Most allopaths were unable to pinpoint.  Many were not even able to detect that.  A few cardiologists had examined him. They had certified his heart perfectly normal. But Kailash had never felt as… Read…

  • THE TALE OF A BRILLIANT BOTANIST WHO ‘SANG’ BOTANY TO HIS CLASS

    When I met Murat on 23 April 2020 in Gyanpur, Uttar Pradesh, we were meeting first in the last 46 years. The meeting had elated both of us as we had been schoolmates. Murat, a six-foot tall stripling and a poet of sorts amongst us, had now turned bald, bulky, and bulbous; and you wondered… Read…

  • SHE SLUMP-SQUATTED HICCUPING AND CRIED, HER FRAIL TORSO RATTLING

    (𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍, 𝐀 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐋, 𝐁𝐘 𝐏. 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓; 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟑; “𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒”) “How are you doing, baby?” Sona heard someone calling from behind. “What a surprise Anjana Aunty!” she exclaimed as she turned around and saw Aarti’s mother, addressing her. “You look far fitter than when I saw you last. You are up so… Read…