• Comedy - English

    The Misadventures of Benson Lane

    Rohan Banerjee It was a bright Sunday morning in Kolkata, which meant two things: the neighborhood cricket match would block all traffic, and Auntie Shukla would be out in full force, armed with gossip and a rolling pin. Benson Lane wasn’t famous for anything—unless you counted its residents’ Olympic-level ability to interfere in each other’s lives. The star of this story was Mr. Debu Mukherjee, a retired bank officer with too much free time and a suspicious interest in everyone’s grocery shopping. That morning, Debu Babu spotted something alarming at the lane’s corner tea stall. His long-time rival, Somnath, was…

  • Hindi - हास्य कहानियाँ

    दिलचस्प दफ़्तर

    विशाल कुमार बड़ा कागज संकट ऑफिस के माहौल में एक हलचल थी। Hopeful Hearts की छोटी सी टीम किसी न किसी वजह से हमेशा उधड़ी रहती थी। आज ऑफिस का एक नया दिन था, और जैसे ही अर्विंद, ऑफिस के मैनेजर, ने दरवाजा खोला, उसे एक चिठ्ठी मिली जो सीधे विनोद सर के केबिन से आई थी। “सर्वेक्षण रिपोर्ट के लिए सभी कागज़ों को एकजुट करो!” यह संदेश था। अर्विंद ने सोचा कि इस दिन का काम तो बस चुटकियों में निपट जाएगा। लेकिन, जब उसे यकीन हो गया कि रिपोर्ट का काम करना होगा, तो उसने इस चिठ्ठी का…

  • English - Comedy

    The Great Office Coffee Heist

    Rishi Kulkarni Monday Mourning The Monday morning at Chai & Chat Media Pvt. Ltd., a mid-sized marketing agency in the heart of Koramangala, Bengaluru, began like any other—late. The office, located on the third floor of a building with exactly one working lift (which frequently stopped at every floor uninvited), had a culture of “flexible timing”—which really meant “come in before lunch, if possible.” By 10:47 AM, only four people had arrived: Sonal had her headphones on and was busy typing ferociously, probably fighting with a vendor over Google Sheets. Tapan was slouched over his MacBook, staring at an empty…