Cherrypicked stories

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Love is a funny business and the Universe has some sense of humour. Bringing me a man who loves me. Just to hold me.

So when did you come here, I asked her. Nineteen and sixty, the woman said. Same as me.

When the guard locks your door, Do you sit and reflect on the past, Moments in time, spent together, Carefree days of teenage girls, no worries, Except how to French kiss, without Losing our gum.

Have written "Fat Bitch Rules on the rear view window of my car. Kali made me.

I argued with the repairman, But he was trying to fix me.

For the first time an international tennis tournament is being held in Calcutta. It is called the Sunkissed Tennis Challenge and is open to boys below 21 years of age. The venue is the Nataz Indoor Stadium which is centrally located. Just two courts have been laid for the competition which have been named outer court and centre court. Boys from all over eastern India and beyond are taking part. A total of 64 boys have been selected through a tough screening process. The tournament director is former Davis Cupper Joydip Mukerji. Most of the participants are from Calcutta city itself. They come from rich, well-heeled families for whom tennis is merely a hobby or a pastime. These boys visit elite clubs every evening where they are coached by award-winning experts. They have access to the best playing gear and great courts that are directly imported. That these people are great tennis players is only natural and expected. Most of the boys in the tournament belong to this category. The player who is being tipped to win the cup is Joydip Mukerji's own son Hesh. He studies in South Point School in the tenth grade. He is a great student and a magnificent player of tennis. Most of his classmates are playing in the competition and Hesh's chief opponent is expected to be Leam Paes.

Death has a thousand doors to let out life; I shall find one (Ph. Massinger) No one going to chaperone the girl at seventeen on her trip to Spain! She felt free. With a girlfriend she went for a two week long holiday in Spain. The bus took nearly a whole day to get to Barcelona. There they slept in a narrow hostel and then flew the short distance over to the island.

It isn't how it seems.