Pikku : The Storyteller 👧

What do you think is more desirable- a necklace or its box? Well if you ask me, I would say, "Depends."  Here is a story that shows how... "Your Sahab has brought for me a multi slot jewellery box. So, I have emptied these old little boxes. You can take them, if you like." Ratna said to Sarla while fixing a pin to her own pallu, standing in front of the mirror. Her diamond necklace was adding glamour to her royal blue silk saree. "All of these?" Sarla asked in surprise while her eyes were stuck only to that maroon velvet box, with golden lace all around. That box seemed very costly and Sarla made up her mind to keep in it, the locket that she had thought to gift her daughter on her marriage. Thus, while there were half a dozen boxes on the bed, she unintentionally kept her hand on that very box. "No, not this one Sarla. It is this necklace's box." Ratna said in a tone that was serious but not harsh, while scrolling her fingers on the necklace...

As Chinmay entered the house, the aroma of incence sticks filled his breath with the holiness of Mogra. It was then that he realised, he still had his slippers on. Biting his tongue, he quickly reversed and put off his slippers, rubbed his sole on the welcome mat and went in like he just entered. "Asha (the maid) just cleaned the floor, Cheenu!!" taunted Dadi, who had just come out of her kitchen with a bowl in her hand. "I have put my slippers off Dadi" he tried to allay her doubts, sneakingly peeping into the bowl. "After coming in with them?" Dadi roasted. Chinmay was blank, "Ok Sorry. Last time.", he apologised like a child. Dadi giggled and said, "Okay fine. Come. Take this." and she gave him the prasad from the bowl . "What a fragrance, Dadi!!" He exclaimed as he spread his hands for the prasad. "It's Mogra. My favourite." Dadi's grin clarified as to how much she liked the fragrance, and then she adde...