the narrator ( in the story) shares his observation of daily interactions in public spaces. A laborer who has lost his three fingers while working in a mill is showing his hand to a young palm reader who remarks that he has no fate line !

The story highlights poverty , unemployment, helplessness and plight of working class.

Story - Bhishm Sahni

Narrator - Jyotika Badyal

A talkative housewife is cooking saag meat for an unknown guest and while cooking she starts to reminisce about Jagga, their former domestic help who used to make excellent “saag meat”.

The story explores the class difference , nostalgia vs suspicion, warmth and complexity of familial relationships..

This is final part of the the story

Story - Bhishm Sahni

Narrated by Jyotika Badyal

A talkative housewife is cooking saag meat for an unknown guest and while cooking she starts to reminisce about Jagga, their former domestic help who used to make excellent “saag meat”.

The story explores the class difference , nostalgia vs suspicion, warmth and complexity of familial relationships..

This is part -1 of the the story

Story - Bhishm Sahni

Narrated by Jyotika Badyal

Story - Bhishm Sahni

Shamnath is a middle aged executive eager to ingratiate himself with his boss to climb the corporate ladder.

He has invited is American boss and some other colleagues and their wives for dinner at home. Shamnath is a fastidious person but there’s a problem , his mother. He thinks she can be an embarrassment to the guests as she’s old, uneducated and clumsy ! So he’s keen on avoiding any contact of his mother with the guests ! But what happens when the boss happens to see her and engages her in a small talk…

Narrator - Jyotika Badyal

दिल में थोड़ी सो जगह बसंत के लिए तो रखनी ही चाहिए !

श्रुति ने ये माँ से नहीं सीखा उनके जीवन से सीखा !

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एक शाम, दो अजनबी और whiskey on the rocks ! 🥃

Written and performed by

Jyotika Badyal

उसके घर से मेरे घर की दूरी घड़ी के हिसाब से 15 मिनट की है , उसकी हँसी “बसंत के फूलों की एक लंबी क़तार सी, उसके घर से मेरे घर तक मेरे साथ आई !