UJJWAL DUTTA

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“UNWELCOME SUSPICION” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                                      Unwelcome Suspicion           Our town was newly built and it was very small one. Suddenly there spread a rumour that some child catchers had arrived in the town and they were kidnapping little children. It was also spread that these people were very difficult to identify as there was no special identification marks. In fact, they acted in such a way that nobo...

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“The Talisman” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                               The Talisman        The talisman was given to Anu when she was reading in class IX. Anu’s parents tried their best for her education. After all, she was their only daughter and Anu’s father, Biswanath babu, had a lot of property. Their only concern was her future, and for that purpose she must be educated properly. They want that Anu should stand on her own feet. At ...

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“Unimaginable Satisfaction” by UJJWAL DUTTA

Nishikanta has a very happy family. He has three sons and two daughters. All are married and they too are leading more or less happy families. Nishikanta has amassed a lot of wealth through his industry and sheer intelligence. He was born with an aptitude on how to amass wealth. He still contributes a lot to the expansion of the monetary and landed property of the joint family. He still works very hard from morning to e...

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“Unimaginable Satisfaction” by UJJWAL DUTTA

Nishikanta has a very happy family. He has three sons and two daughters. All are married and they too are leading more or less happy families. Nishikanta has amassed a lot of wealth through his industry and sheer intelligence. He was born with an aptitude on how to amass wealth. He still contributes a lot to the expansion of the monetary and landed property of the joint family. He still works very hard from morning to e...

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“Family Tradition” by UJJWAL DUTTA

      Ramu decided to marry her. Nobody would be able to dissuade him from doing that. He went against his parents in doing so. Nobody ever thought that he would be able to do that. Yet, he could do that. Love is such a thing that makes people blind. Ramu has really become mad. People started gossiping everywhere that the youngest son of the Chowdhury family was going to marry Padma, the daughter of their maid servant. <...

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“Conjugal Life” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                                 Conjugal Life      Someone seemed to be calling from behind “Ayan”. Ayan turned back and, to his utter surprise and delight, found Ahana. He said, “Ahana, You are here! Am I seeing correctly?” “Your eye-sight is ok, Ayan. I’m here, in front of you! But I can also ask you the same question.” “Here is my office.” Ayan pointed towards a large building an...

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“Tonu Grandma” by UJJWAL DUTTA

       The story I’m going to narrate today is what happened to me when I was a very little boy. I can’t definitely tell you how old I was at that time. The details regarding my age, the class I was reading in have been lost in the unfathomable depths of oblivion. After attempting hard to recover some scraps from the darkness and stitching them, I present it before you.     The thing happened in the evening by pop...

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“ABSENCE” by UJJWAL DUTTA

        After thirty long years I have come again to my mother’s maternal uncle’s house. I now wonder to find that I have passed thirty years of my life! I last visited there when I was a boy of seven. I went there accompanied by my mother. My grandparents on my mother’s side were very poor. My mother was brought up in her maternal uncle’s house. So, she went there off and on. In my boyhood I accompanied my m...

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“The Proposal” by UJJWAL DUTTA

     Trilochan, aged 55, is a highly respected school teacher in his village. His knowledge and his commitment to his service earned him a position of authority among the educated section of the village. He derives the greatest pleasure out of teaching. The future of the students is his first priority. Yet, it would be wrong to say that he neglects his family. Rather, it would be more proper to say that he manages both his profession and his family competently. He believes in the principles of hard work and h...

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“Waiting Room” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                         Waiting Room        Rohit’s train will depart from Howrah at 2.30 p.m. He bought a newspaper and some light food and then entered the Waiting Room to be used only by the passengers who have reserved tickets. He kept the luggage beside him and unfolded the newspaper. It was evident that he found it hard to concentrate on the contents of the newspaper in detail. He was looki...

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“LIVING GOD” by UJJWAL DUTTA

Nikhil Ghosh ─ more popularly known as Nikhil Master ─ in our locality is a person who somehow manages to run his family by the scanty income he makes by teaching a few students of the Tenth Standard as a private tutor. A private tutor in a village like ours does not earn much. Students are from poor families. Parents provide him with a little money as remuneration. Some parents even simply cannot afford that. They give vegetables to their dearest teacher of their sons and daughters.        &...

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“The Suitcases Made it Possible” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                                The Suitcases Made it Possible          The other day you, my dear reader, listened to an exciting story about my lawyer friend Rahim. You burst out laughing while listening. Today you’re going to listen to another exhilarating story about a dramatic incident that happened to my intimate friend Bimal, a professor of a Govt. college, a few days ago. His life...

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“PIGMY” by UJJWAL DUTTA

                            PIGMY                                 The night passed on to dawn and dawn into the morning. Rohit’s eyes were still glued to the bunch of papers in front of him. Sometimes he was making ...

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