Far beyond clouds somewhere deep in universe, sound of gong signalled arrival of a new entrant at Heaven’s gate. Chitragupt looked up from his desk and was aghast to see a semi-burnt soul of a lady standing in front. A per set procedure, red coloured Bahi-Khata was opened to verify…

Epilogue “If you do not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” — Benjamin Franklin NCJPS Diaries was envisaged with a vision to assign words to emotions in an attempt to create a magical nostalgia for all…

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-11 31 October 1984 Satwant Singh pulled the trigger of his carbine at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. With that loud bang, fate of thousands of lives got sealed. …

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-10 Part-III (Downfall) …in continuation from Chapter-8 & 9 Beyond Reach Within a short span, I had created 2 antagonists in my class of about 40. Counting in their extended friend circle, by end of XIth half of the class strength looked down on me. …

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-9 Part-II (Nervous Overture) …in continuation from Chapter-8 With initial setback still fresh, I ascended to XI-A. Newly minted class had many first timers, besides retaining few old ones - with me and Autumn Girl coming in latter category. While she remained on first row benches, I with…

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-8 Part-I (Genesis) The world is full of love stories. This is a similar 30 year old story of a simple boy who dreamt big; albeit in his case destiny had different plans. …

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-7 Assorted collection of little incidents. Shit Happens Delhi of 1980’s was beautiful. Wide roads, tall trees and without any pollution. On our 6 km route to school there were no traffic signals on the entire stretch. A grey colored ‘Neelkamal’ bus used to come for picking two…

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-6 Once upon a time in a well known school of Delhi, there was a privileged girl and then there was an ordinary boy. Their clash produced unprecedented sparks. The Principal’s Daughter It is not an easy life when your father is ‘Father of whole school’. No matter…

NCJPS Diaries, Chapter-5 A tribute. As soon as he opened his lunchbox aromatic whiff of the delicacy prepared by his mother filled the air. In front laid two pranthas and delicious paneer ki sabzi - the perfect mix of spices, cottage cheese and tomatoes. The tempting dish was exclusively shared…