Tales of the Unexpected, anyone?

[nirosha sen]

Kitchan, was an old timer in our estate who looked ancient. Nobody actually knows his real age as in those days they didn't record their births by law. Anyway, I heard he was a young lad when he stepped out of the steamer that brought him from his native Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.

Never a day passes, when one sees him with a bunch of youngsters, regaling them of tales from the bygone days. As they sit in silent fascination, Kitchan takes off to the old days when things were really happening unlike the sleepy, peaceful days of the present era, when nothing exciting ever takes place! Looking into the distance, he started his favourite tale, the one abt the old Manager's bungalow that now lays in ruins. But in the old days .......

To be continued ........