Kamal Laddha

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Unforgettable forgetfulness

Another time, I was to travel back home on a long preparatory leave for my CA final exams. It took me two hours at my paying guest accommodation to pack my bulky books in a big carton box.

11 November 2024, 21:49 IST

Unforgettable forgetfulness

11 November 2024, 21:49 IST

Ordinary joys of life

Life in my modest village, Sojat Road, in Rajasthan’s Marwar region revolved around a mundane daily routine for us, particularly traders and small shopkeepers who toiled from daybreak until late evening to make a livelihood.

22 August 2024, 20:52 IST

Ordinary joys of life

22 August 2024, 20:52 IST

You’ve got mail and more

Those days, a horde of waiting visitors, largely local merchants, would flock to its lone khaki-clad daakiya as soon as he emerged from the building every morning, clasping a fat bundle of pre-segregated posts to his chest.

21 May 2024, 23:36 IST

You’ve got mail and more

21 May 2024, 23:36 IST

Water hospitality on track

Water as a commodity was scarce in our mostly hot and dry countryside of Rajasthan, and so long as it looked clean, no one bothered much about its purity like they do now.

19 December 2023, 22:57 IST

Water hospitality on track

19 December 2023, 22:57 IST

The thrills of travelling on a toy train

02 June 2023, 20:01 IST

The thrills of travelling on a toy train

02 June 2023, 20:01 IST

Just in time travails

How I missed my journey—well, almost!

26 March 2023, 23:03 IST

Just in time travails

26 March 2023, 23:03 IST

Chugging on the growth track

Long ago, all trains stopped at Sojat Road mainly to refill their spent stocks of coal and water for the steam locomotives

01 December 2022, 19:47 IST

Chugging on the growth track

01 December 2022, 19:47 IST

For us, the 3Rs were set by default

24 August 2022, 18:03 IST

For us, the 3Rs were set by default

24 August 2022, 18:03 IST

Dhaasa, my specially-abled grandma

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

12 July 2022, 19:21 IST

Dhaasa, my specially-abled grandma

12 July 2022, 19:21 IST

Coincidences are amazing

The how and why of coincidences, one cannot explain

22 April 2022, 18:07 IST

Coincidences are amazing

22 April 2022, 18:07 IST