Soft Light & Loud Laughs · Every story
All Warm Stories
Three shelves, two languages, one long cup of tea. Pick a shelf, or just start at the top.
Every story
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01
For You It Will Always Be FreeA child's war against inflation, fought over a samosa
Fables & Parables11 min -
02
100 Days, Zero SleepA horror film, three bench mates, and a title nobody could explain
Crescent Sun6 min -
03
Neither Early Bird nor Late OwlMorning schools, afternoon schools, and Crescent
Crescent Sun4 min -
04
Saeeed Mujawar - The Nirvana Method of Teaching MathsJeans, a map stencil, and the calmest man in Crescent
Crescent Sun5 min -
05
Punish MeantFour Crescent experiments in unintended consequences
Crescent Sun4 min -
06
Geometric ProgressionOne fable, five exams, and an answer that kept growing while the moral stood still
Fables & Parables6 min -
07
Chapter 14Combined study, a twelve-chapter Geography book, and a wall clock moved three hours ahead
Aiklele Kisseमराठी + English11 min -
08
Ideas Over CommasReshma Shaikh Miss, one ten-minute essay, and a verdict I still live by
Crescent Sun7 min -
09
Poetic Justice, and Other LessonsFour English phrases, and the Crescent days that explained them
Fables & Parables6 min -
10
The Curious Case of a Little BookOne glossy magazine, three suspects, and a father who agreed with everything
Crescent Sun7 min -
11
Nazia Ruby Miss: The Wild West of CrescentOne late return from lunch, five grammar corrections, and the fastest teacher in the West
Crescent Sun4 min -
12
Waheeda Miss: The Mary Kom of CrescentBroad shoulders, a hockey player’s stride, and an English teacher you did not want to make angry
Crescent Sun5 min -
13
Where Is the Paper?Six exams a year, two weeks each, and the calm of a true-blood Crescentian
Crescent Sun6 min -
14
Lessons from the Christmas PartyShared gulab jamuns, crumbling ladoos, a rigged lottery and the game theory of a ₹30 gift
Crescent Sun5 min -
15
Board de MeriteToppers, prodigies, a hundred relatives, and what you actually get for coming in the merit list
Crescent Sun5 min -
16
Yellow Yellow, Dirty FellowSix colours, one tie nobody can tie, and the riddles Crescent never explained
Crescent Sun3 min -
17
Fourteen Owen HartsBread stickers, trump cards, a home-made football deck, and five PhD theses nobody will ever write
Fables & Parables11 min -
18
Kuber RushOne forwarded text, one 11.3 BHP bike, and the day all of Pune went looking for Lord Kuber before 8:30 pm
Fables & Parables18 min -
19
नुसती ऐकलेली फुटबॉल मॅचThe Football Match Nobody SawOne Sunday, nine roommates, a match they never reached, and a self-goal that won a prize
Aiklele Kisseमराठी + English6 min -
20
ऐकलेले प्रवचनThe Sermon Mangu HeardOne Sunday, one cupboard of books, and a king who conquered four kingdoms and lost to breakfast
Aiklele Kisseमराठी + English4 min -
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ऐकलेला बस डेपोThe Bus Depot We Heard AboutOne newspaper, one grand theory about bus stamps, and one question from Mangu
Aiklele Kisseमराठी + English2 min
Nobody has heard that one yet.