Author: dipankardasgupta
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Love and Hugs — Flash Fiction #15
Out of sheer disgust that his scientifically retarded old mother did not know how to be loved and hugged over a smart phone, a gentleman employed a human to help his mother find out that she had been hugged and loved over and over again by her invisible son from across a distance of eight…
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The Man Who Would Be Magician
I have caught this nagging infection that makes me travel backwards in time. Unlike Benjamin Button or Barnaby Fulton, it doesn’t make me any younger mind you. (In case you haven’t heard of Barnaby Fulton, you will be well-advised to watch Monkey Business on YouTube. It was made in 1952, when most of you were…
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কুম্ভীলক
বলেছেন ট্রাম্প, কেটে পড় বাবা তুমি, যেদিকে দুচোখ নিয়ে যাবে সেথা যাও। এদিকে হেথা যে ধূ ধূ করে মোদীভূমি, …
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The Price Being Paid
There is an elementary piece of economic truth that remains unshaken since time immemorial. Put simply, it runs: “Nothing comes from nothing”! Or, using economic jargon, there is a price to be paid to ensure any outcome that generates comfort. At the level of the individual, a decent dinner calls for a payment. At the…
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