Sardar Kartar Singh_Hindi Version
सरदार करतार सिंह दुग्गल: अनिच्छुक किराया वसूलक सरदार करतार सिंह दुग्गल, कॉटेज के मालिक, एक अष्टवर्षीय, शायद नव्वे साल के बुज़ुर्ग थे। मोटे बोतल के शीशों वाले चश्मे और झुर्रियों से भरे चेहरे के साथ, वे बीते युग की दृढ़ता का प्रतीक थे। एक मकान मालिक के रूप में, वे अपने सिद्धांतों पर अटल थे—उनमें […]
Sardar Kartar Singh Duggal
Sardar Kartar Singh Duggal: The Reluctant Collector Sardar Kartar Singh Duggal: The Reluctant Collector Sardar Kartar Singh Duggal, the owner of the cottage, was an octogenarian, perhaps even a nonagenarian. With his thick bottle-glass spectacles and deeply lined face, he embodied the steadfastness of an era gone by. As the landlord, he held fast to […]
Ghosts Everywhere
Ghosts Everywhere? In a childhood shaped by superstition, shadowed streets, and sacred chants, a young boy must brave the haunted alleys of Shimla on what should have been a regular school day. “Ghosts Everywhere?” is a humorous, heartfelt tale about fear, faith, and the strange ways children make sense of the world—especially when ghosts might […]
Turning Mummy into a Buffalo
Arranging Milk for Goga A tale of innocent schemes and a boy’s mad love for milk Goga was obsessed with milk. To say he loved it would be an understatement—he cherished it. Every conversation eventually circled back to doodh (milk), dahi (curd), lassi (buttermilk), or barfi (a milk-based sweet). One sultry afternoon, while lounging outside […]
Woodcutter Story
The Price of Dignity In Shimla, fires weren’t a luxury—they were survival. But dry wood, essential to starting a fire, wasn’t easily found. Forests still surrounded the town in those days—developers had not yet begun their hunger-driven invasion. There was barely any new construction, though curiously, old buildings had a habit of burning down. The […]
The Price of Dignity
The Price of Dignity In the quiet hills of Shimla, where woodsmoke curled through the morning air, not every axe strike echoed greed—some were carved from need. This is the story of a young woodcutter, a man of hard work and quiet dignity, and the bitter price he paid for both. Navneet Bakshi Tweet The […]
Dog Days and Black Shadows
Dog Days and Black Shadows In the sweltering heat of a Himalayan summer, fear didn’t come from ghosts in the woods, but from a black dog loose in the police quarters. As a child, I witnessed more than just a dog chase—I saw the blurred line between fear and cruelty, duty and guilt. This is […]