Zahir Khan- A Case of Mistaken Identity#A-ZChallenge2018

Zahir Khan is a well-known cricketer and needs no introduction. My last memoir for A-Z is a small funny anecdote on him. In this entire series, I have made all of you cry with my sombre tales, therefore I wanted to end the A-Z Challenge with a little sweet dessert. It was the book launch …

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Yasmeen- The Hindu Wife #A-ZChallenge2018

Yasmeen’s maiden name was Sujata. After getting married to her Muslim driver she changed her name to Yasmeen and converted to Islam. Yasmeen or Sujata is my mother-in-law's neighbor. When she was around 19 years old her parents decided to get her married. She was a beautiful girl and ever since she was 14 years …

Xavier Bivera- The Fallen Rockstar #A-ZChallenge2018

Xavier Bivera was the quintessential handsome macho guy in college. He was the heartthrob of almost every girl and those girls who actually didn’t feel anything for him also started liking him out of peer pressure. He was tall, lean, and looked like a Roman God. He was a year senior to me. I used …

Waheeda- The Poor and Smart Woman #A-ZChallenge2018

Waheeda had twelve children. When I met her she was expecting the thirteenth. Her eldest daughter was 14 years old and Waheeda herself was 28 years. So she literally had one child every year since her fourteenth birthday. Waheeda literally begged me to appoint her as a part-time maid. I was honestly hesitant looking at …

Vaswani Uncle- The Alleged Paedophile #A-ZChallenge2018

Vaswani Uncle loved playing with kids in the park. I always used to find him in the park swinging some child or helping some child get off the slide. He had a scooter and kids flocked around him for a free joyride. He used to indulge kids with chocolates and ice creams. My son was …

Urmila Pishi- The Rejected Bride #A-ZChallenge2018

Urmila Pishi was not conventionally beautiful. Her beauty didn’t adhere to the compliance of the Bengali matrimonial market. She was plump, dark complexioned, had specs and above all too educated. Nobody liked an educated working girl as a daughter-in-law in those days. Moreover, she was almost thirty years old and thus too old for the …

Tanushree Boudi- She Walked in Beauty #A-ZChallenge2018

Tanushree Boudi was a true domestic goddess. She was extremely beautiful, good Rabindra sangeet singer, good dancer, amazing cook, her house was well organized, and her kids always stood first in class and won medals for extra-curricular activities, she was also an amazing artist whose alpona used to impress everyone. In one word Tanushree Boudi …

Subha- My Best Friend #A-ZChallenge2018

Subha was my best friend in college. she was an ever-smiling girl, always full of life. Everyone loved her for her liveliness and vivacity. She was an intelligent and serious student who never missed her classes. I bonded with Subha instantly, perhaps because we had in common the absence of a mother. She lost her …

Rohit- Lord Balaji’s Good Samaritan #A-ZChallenge2018

Rohit was nothing less than Lord Balaji’s messenger to me. If there is God then he is not in an idol but in human beings around us, whom we meet but never acknowledge as God’s blessing. Within few months of our marriage, a Telegu friend of ours advised that we do the Kalyanam Puja in …