Shantan Kumar NetiBROKEN HEARTS AND BEDROCKSOur next door girl, the lean and tall Rani would be waiting eagerly around noon time ready with her round brass vessel to fetch water…5 min read·Mar 4, 2024----
Shantan Kumar NetiCANDID DAYSTo keep hope alive some believe in everything and try every method to survive. It is the human fear for the unknown and the urge to avoid…7 min read·Nov 13, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiTHE TINSEL TOUCHDuring the 1970s and 1980s, I made a number of periodical visits to the erstwhile Madras city later Chennai. Among the notable tinsel…4 min read·Jul 14, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiTHE ELUSIVE GIRLThe girl lives in a double storied house in a developing part of Bengaluru city, with her father. The elder person whom I surmise as her…3 min read·May 31, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiTHE TAMARIND TREEThere was a very old huge Tamarind Tree standing majestically on one side of our vast property spreading its branches like a canopy, on a…7 min read·Apr 22, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiTHE TINGLING WANDOne evening, my landline phone rang. The caller was the District Judge. He informed me that a particular healing man with some holy…4 min read·Mar 12, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiGREETING THE PRESIDENTMy friend Gopal came to me one morning and said “Do you know, today is the birthday of the President of India V.V.Giri”3 min read·Feb 7, 2023----
Shantan Kumar NetiSIMPLY SEPULCHREMy inexplicable fascination to visit during my travels, sepulchres of men of noteworthy reputation, good or wicked history, make me…4 min read·Dec 30, 2022----
Shantan Kumar NetiDRUNKEN DRIVINGI was just standing and surveying the hustle and bustle at an intersection while my wife was purchasing vegetables from a kerbside vendor…2 min read·Jan 31, 2021----