Oh, what was it? Where I was? It was already 1 a.m. by the time she fell asleep. There been so much work. They had only returned home at 10 p.m. after a long day. They had gone to the mall for the first time in a while, and her husband suggested, "Why bother preparing dinner in the kitchen after going home? Let’s just eat here.""Oh, you should have told me earlier! If we were going to have dinner here, I wouldn’t have eaten the golgappas!" she replied."Come on, how does eating four pani-puris matter? And if it’s really ...Read More

She worked on the project report late into the night. Only after finalizing it and sending it back to son did she feel relieved. Then she slept peacefully, stretching out comfortably.The remaining sliver of the night passed in the blink of an eye. At 5 AM, the alarm rang loudly and harshly."What a nuisance!" she muttered, pulling her hand out from under the blanket to silence the alarm, as if she were shooing away a stray dog that had wandered into the house.She had forgotten that her husband had to leave at 7 AM instead of the usual 8 ...Read More

He increased the speed of the car considerably. But after a short while, he noticed something strange. The intersection had just crossed reappeared in front of him as soon as he stopped at the red light. He was utterly bewildered.His head began to spin when he realized that this was happening repeatedly. He would cross the signal, move ahead, but after covering a bit of distance, the same signal would appear again. He glanced around inside the car. It felt like some invisible force was following him, somehow stretching the road and delaying his arrival home.Bhatanagar remembered what his ...Read More

Taking four long strides, he had just reached the house door when he saw a lock hanging on it. another problem. Now the taxi driver would haggle for money. He'll think I'm trying to cheat him, Bhatanagar was flustered.He felt a bit annoyed at his wife too, who had locked the house and left, not to be seen anywhere. But it wasn’t her fault, was it? He had gone to the office; how was she to know he’d return like this? She must have gone out for something.What to do? Should he call his wife? He should at least ...Read More

He slammed the door shut and, drenched in sweat, hurriedly dialed his wife’s number on his mobile phone. A of people noticed the bag slipping from his hand and started watching him closely. One gentleman, sensing his distress, stood up and approached him, asking, “What happened, Bhatnagar ji? Why are you so worried?”But Bhatnagar ji himself had no idea what had happened. What could he even say?Meanwhile, the phone connected, and on the other end, his wife, Mrs. Bhatnagar, was speaking.“Hello? Yes, tell me. What happened? Did you forget something? Has the meeting started? Tell me, why did you ...Read More

Bhatnagar, in a panic, asked the shopkeeper, "Oh! I just parked my car here a moment ago. Where did go?"The shopkeeper replied, "Sir, what can I say? The corporation's traffic police patrol around here, towing vehicles. There's no approved parking here, so they must have taken it."Bhatnagar exclaimed, "But they should have at least informed me! I didn’t even hear any sound; they just towed it away?"The shopkeeper, slightly annoyed by Bhatnagar’s abrupt tone, thought to himself that Bhatnagar hadn’t paid for the rabdi yet.Bhatnagar then added, "Listen, my wallet was in the car. Take the rabdi back."Hearing this, ...Read More