Stories I must tell before it is too late - a short story podcast about love, lust and laughter.

People whisper their wishes to the God that smoked and drank alcohol. One day a destitute woman appeared who was a prostitute. She too had a wish. The priest refused to help her. A strange man in tattered attire guided her through the process. And the wish of the woman came true in a while! But...but...the man in tattered attire was not a priest. The woman in the end spelt out the secret of getting one's wishes come true!

Story - Saikat Baksi

Voiceover - Saikat Baksi and Mrinalini M Khusape

Some stories never come to an end yet they disappear into the fog of absence without a trail. This short story by the best selling author Saikat Baksi is about the encounter between a man and woman in a hotel room one evening. They could become everlasting passionate lovers or absolute strangers, from this point of intersection in their lives. Afterall, crossroads are tricky. we never know which way they head for.

Even if we love the wind yet we can not grasp it. Despite being charmed by the morning sun, we fail to capture it in a confine. Perhaps, this is the very reason, we love them. We fall in love with those who remain unattainable for good.

We chase what we do not get. Once found, we stop chasing that. This is an ironical truth of nature.

This short story by the Bestselling author, Saikat Baksi, is about such peculiar fallacy of human love.

Voice over - Saikat Baksi and Nilanjana Roy

Author - Saikat Baksi

How many days or years does it take for man to perish? Even if man perishes, how long does it take for his love, passion, lust to perish? Perhaps never! Even if obsession kills the lovers, it fails to annihilate love and desire. The flames of love keeps burning for eternity.

It is a story about the encounter of a middle aged man with the stars up in the sky. In his childhood, he used to talk to the stars. But now that he is a grown up, he tried to strike a dialogue with his old buddies. They are the same stars up there, yet they seem strangers...

Author - Saikat Baksi

Voice Over - Saikat Baksi and Kathamala Saha

Rahul Screwwalla roars down the Mumbai Pune Expressway in his BMW. He will sign a multi-crore business deal this afternoon. He is in high spirits this morning when a strange man appears before his speeding car running in a zigzag trail oblivious of the upcoming vehicles! A series of collisions result.

Author - Saikat Baksi

Voice over - Saikat Baksi and Mrinalini M Khusape

This short story by Best Selling Author, Saikat Baksi, is about a chance encounter of a man with his missing business partner who cheated the entire world and vanished into thin air. The mysterious fraud is right within his reach and not denying any allegation. Will the man be able to consign the fugitive to the police? He was once a buddy after all!

This story is about the hypocrisy and falsehood around the big fat marriage anniversary celebrations in Indian society these days. The romance and beauty of being together take a backseat while status and showmanship become the agenda.

Author - Saikat Baksi

Voice over - Saikat Baksi, Kathamala Saha, Nilanjana Roy, Banani Kundu and Mrinalini M Khusape

It is a story about a little girl expecting gifts from Santa Clause. But what is the real gift from the loving magic man? Is it chocolate? It is doll? Is it some exotic toy? Or something that stays for a lifetime?

Voice over is by Saikat Baksi, Kathamala Saha and Banani Kundu.

It is a story about a man getting incrementally drunk while writing a letter to his wife who is visiting her mother's place for a short time.