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Author: Sham Saha Dated: December 06, 2011 How many times have you felt dejected when God has not fulfilled your wish? I am going to tell you a tale which is based on wish. I know Arpan since my childhood – since those days when we used to fight over rare and expensive TinTin Comics available in a small town, since those days when we used to fight for the best place in classroom just around the single ceiling fan in a class of 61, since those days when we were in impish deed like ringing door bells of any house and used to run away from the spot.  Still we were best friends and had close-nit bond. Those days remain yearning forever. After we passed school, we were not in same place. Things had changed. I got opportunities to study in Metropolis and left my small town. Still we were in touch. My best hang out had been always with him when I was at my home in vacation. The only change I saw in him, that he was quite reserved to share his personal matters, otherwis...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: October 24, 2010 I was standing just behind the platform tea stall. It was platform no 6. Station was crammed full as compared to other days. This station is too big. You can go at any end of the nation from here by train. But here on this platform people were waiting for local train. Suddenly my eyes halted on a just passed high school boy. At least his body language was describing that itself. He was sitting on a bench with a black bag in his lap. He was not doing anything but kept his chin down. I could not read his face properly, but noticed that he was shaking his legs. He might be tensed of something or simply impatient. Then I saw, he took out a piece of paper from his bag and wrote something on it. While writing on the paper, his face turned nearly red and hand was wobbly. Anyway, I could only assume either he was tensed or sick. Meanwhile, an announcement on air – “Train to Kashipur will be on platform 6 in five minutes”. Train was not on time -...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: April 24, 2010 Eve sent the following mail to Adam. Actually she forwarded this mail she received in a chain. It was decorated by witty caricature also. Now let us see what the content of the mail was To IMPRESS a Girl Cuddle her Caress her Love her Comfort her Protect her Hold her Spend money on her Wine and dine her Buy things for her Listen to her Care for her Stand by her Support her Compliment her Respect her Honour her Go to the ends of the Earth for her. To IMPRESS a Boy JUST SMILE ONCE AND HE'S YOURS The mail ended here. Now what comes in your mind? You may have grin on your face, may be you have found it quite realistic and funny too. Now let us see what exactly Adam replied to Eve’s mail I AGREE …….I REPEAT I AGREE…. You know what!!!!! Actually, sometime a Girl is so DUMB that a Boy needs to do A to Z to let her understand that he cares for her. But, see in case of Boys. They always take less time to und...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: March 22, 2010 SHE: Hi HE: Hi SHE: So finally you have sometime for me. HE: Don’t you think we talk quite frequently? SHE: Yep and you are doing a great help to me by that, isn’t it? I’m so grateful to you dear! He: What’s wrong? Anything happened? SHE: Why do you think something has happened? HE: I think you are not fine right now. Let’s talk later. SHE: This is your habit of leaving when I talk to the point. All men are escapist. HE: You want to talk to me or not? SHE: If I say “No” I know you’d happily leave. HE: What's the matter? SHE: You know what? Sometimes I wonder why I am talking to you. I am forced to believe what my friends say about you to me. HE: How come your friends talk about me? They don’t know me. SHE: Do I know you? Atleast they have open eyes. And I live with closed eyes. HE: Ok ok…May I know the real matter now? SHE: Do you really CARE? HE: What’s wrong? Why are you behaving this way? SHE: Did I ...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: October 03, 2009 Of course I have some identity, but I would like to introduce myself as an Invisible Camera, peeping in other’s life. Last year, my focus was on a young boy from a nearby slum. After few days of observations, I reached to a conclusion that the poor lad was a courier boy, running a family of 6 including his sick and handicapped father. I also did not miss to notice that the boy used to come out from slum at 8 in the morning and used to return at 8 in the evening. And on some odd days he used to stand still before the City Art School raising his head aloft. May be, he wanted to be a painter, an artist or whatever but life had left him no choice except becoming a courier boy. Anyway, everyone should have a dream, but in his case I assumed his dream was dim and literally dammed up, of course poverty was the sole reason. How could he be a painter? I heard there were lot of expenses studying in that Art School and a bright future is not alw...

Author: Sham Saha   Dated: 19 December 2007 Mumbai!!! A dream city… Don’t ask my name. I am not any extraordinary, I am ordinary, but some day unknowingly I have been lost among very ordinaries. I stepped in Mumbai just 27 Days back after getting my maiden job in a small MNC. It's a Law Firm. Our owner is an American and for last two days he is in Mumbai in a visit. It is our organization culture that every new employee gets a lavish dinner after joining. I have been expecting for my turn. Eventually, today afternoon I have come to know that our American boss has invited Satish, my colleague and me for dinner at evening in Hotel Oberoi. Hotel Oberoi is not too far from our office and our American Boss has been staying there since he came in Mumbai. Right now, the time is 6:50 PM. My American boss is about to call a cab for the hotel and I take the initiative.  After reaching there, it is our formality not to let our boss to give the cab fare, so I have just thought of pay...

Author:Sham Saha Dated:09 October 2007 It is not necessary to introduce myself at beginning of this story. It is not necessary to know whether I am telling the truth or misinterpreting otherwise. You could pause if you don’t like. I won’t mind. I am not an avid net user, but there was a girl passionate of web net. Don’t ask me how I started chatting with her over net. The best part was that she belongs to the city where my root lives a lame life. I found the girl as under-age and at the same time she was crazy about web net, and above all chatting with strangers. I was idiot, no wonder; I have never had a chance to talk to a girl so openly. I have been always reserved, shy and hesitate while talking to any girl. This time my motto was something else. I wanted that Girl to put on right track. I was scared that this girl could be trapped by some strangers, some cyber-bullies some day. I tried my luck to be triumphant in pulling the girl out of cursed web. I started advising her on each f...

Author:Sham Saha Dated :2 April 2007 Hello Alok. I am not fine.This evening,a minor accident happened to me.I got 10 stitches on my left thumb. Very unlucky.Take care dear. See you soon.Me too in Hospital as my brother was just about to die today in a road accident. Hello Bipasha. I am not fine.This evening,a minor accident happened to me.I got 10 stitches on my left thumb. Very unlucky.Take care dear .See you soon.Me too in Hospital as my father got a mild heart attack. Hello Tarun. I am not fine.This evening,a minor accident happened to me.I got 10 stitches on my left thumb. Vey unlucky.Take care dear.See you soon.Me too in Hospital as my wife is about to deliver a baby. Alok has no brother. Bipasha's father expired long time back. Tarun has got married just two months back. It was 1 st April.Over telephone,I failed to convince them a fact and they were all fooling me around from their end.

Author: Sham Saha Dated: 30 March 2007 She: He did everything he could do for me and those were all quite feasible for him to do. He was a nice guy. I liked him, but not really felt committed or felt affection for. There were some hesitations from both sides but still it grew in a restless manner. He never ever offered any gift to me, not even shared a solitary word that could pledge some relationship to be prolonged. Today, I am engaged to a new guy and he has truly shown some vow to me in order to build an assured life. It is total wonder to me as how I could put the first guy out of my mind. He: I did everything I could do for her and those were all quite feasible for me to do. She was a nice girl. I liked her, but not really felt committed or felt affection for. There were some hesitations from both sides but still it grew in a restless manner. She never ever demanded any gift from me, not even shared a solitary word that could pledge some relationship to be prolonged. Today, sh...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: 25 March 2007 My name is Prakash. For last six months, I have been searching for a Job, but in vain. I know sales job are easily available if you have your own conveyance. But I have never felt good to go for it. But at last I have had to kneel down before the situation and recently I have purchased a second hand bike to get Sales job. Yesterday, I have been offered a good back-office job luckily – pay is good and above all they are providing Cab facility. My name is Kishore. For last six months, I have been planning to purchase a Computer for personal purpose to learn something which might help me in future in my career. My financial condition has never been too good. I never thought that someday I could have to stretch my hand to someone else for money. But at last I have had to kneel down before the situation and recently I have purchased a computer after borrowing hefty amounts from few of my closed friends. Today, in my office I am informed that I am promo...

Author: Sham Saha Dated : 24 March 2007 The other night, the boy was talking to his Mom over phone. His Mom was telling that she was making Fried Chops sitting in the kitchen. She continued…She was expecting her little child looking with impatient eyes and standing behind her. How little was he in his Mom’s imagination? His eyes were about to drip water. Next evening, the same boy was sitting among friends in a restaurant. There were few acquaintances also. In a conversation on food stuffs, the boy wanted to prove himself unmatched among all. He shared that he did not like any home made food but sometime he loved to visit restaurant. He asserted that his Mom was not a good cook at all.

Author: Sham Saha Dated: 26 January 2007 There was a boy in a small town. There was a girl at the next door. The boy was not bold but the girl was a real beauty. The boy started staring on the girl without catching her attention. So did the girl. The boy did not share any words on that to his local friends, was quite aloof. Same could be said on that girl. The boy moved to a metropolis for higher studies. The girl moved to another metropolis for the same. But their family was still a neighbour to each other. The boy started studying on Computers. The girl took Arts in her academics. The boy never forgot the fact the girl was her first love. Eventually, the girl used to think that something was incomplete between them. But, they both never knew that they often thought about each other. Time passed. Now both were in jobs. The boy was associated with some Software company and the girl was associated with a Newspaper. The boy always took every option to figure out her whereabouts and somed...

Author: Sham Saha Dated: 09 October 2006 A doctor having 2-year of experience.. Earned enough recognition in his locality.. One night a rickshaw puller came to his chamber...He told that his little boy was sick, bed-ridden...And he also disclosed that he was very poor and could not afford Doctor's fee..It would be Doctor's mercy if he would visit his child....The Doctor said No.. Without money he could not see any patient. Next morning the boy died....The locality came to know that only for money the Doctor refused to see the sick boy...Everybody started saying that "The Doctor is cruel and inhuman", but all sitting in their own home. Another doctor having 2-year of experience..Earned enough recognition in his locality..One night a rickshaw puller came to his chamber...He told that his little boy was sick, bed-ridden...And he also disclosed that he was very poor and could not afford Doctor's fee..It would be Doctor's mercy if he would visit his child....The Do...