Life in Mansukhgunj was warmer than your mother’s bosom. since time is a social construct and Mansukhgunj being as far away from an average society as geographically possible, time followed a different trail. every moment was new in Mansukhgunj and everyday was a New year.

1. Mr. Banerjee on a Sunday

seed #354 1. It was a pleasant Sunday.  Exactly how Mr.Sudhakar Banerjee would have preferred. Full of sunshine and the playful breeze. It had rained for 5 days in Kolkata on the trot. Thus his joy knew no bounds. For a living, Mr.Banerjee worked in a bank, but only on Sundays did he truly feel…

2. Chintu and the disappearing rainbows

seed #353 Once upon a time there lived a boy called Chintu. He had turned 9 only three days back, the day on which his fourth tooth fell much to his dismay. He lived with his grandma and his parents in a small hut on the plains of Mansukhgunj, a place whose mention you won’t…

3. solutions to chintu’s problem of math

seed #352 Chintu hated maths. He hated his teacher too because the teacher kept insisting that maths was important for surviving life. He used to say oxygen was more important, but that used to piss off his teacher. Chintu was looking forward to the weekend. He was to go butterfly hunting with kuttu. However the…

4. solution to problem becomes a problem

seed #350 Kuttu was elated. For he had done math homework right. So was chintu. And more so because asking a gypsy is always a better idea than copying from others. More so because everybody says not to trust the gypsies but this one seemed lovely enough and he was. He actually helped us to…

Param Anand Sharma and family

seed #342 Param anand Sharma and family were beautiful pack of 4. Paramanand was a great father who loved his family and was involved with them as much as all father’s were. His duty was to scold them and to make up by telling them bedtime stories. Amongst these stories one of the major attractions…

Jhontu Palit and his only friend.

seed #378 Jhontu palit was as dedicated as an ideal man should be in all his duties. And he believed to do his duties with a smile. Diligently. Forcing more smile. And forcing more diligence.  Jhontu would always wake up with before the cock could crow. The cocks of mansukhgunj have come to hate the…

potato is a costly affair

seed #379 Since everybody hates the Gypsy, so everybody, in turn, ends up loving the Gypsy. And no stories can move forward in mansukh gunj without some blunder by the Gypsy or act as a catalyst. Chintu is a simple boy who trusts greatly in his friend kutuu. Kuttu is a simpler boi who places…