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    The Airport Boyfriend

    Kunal Deshmukh   Part 1 — Placards and Proposals Arjun Mehta had never imagined that life as a broke engineering student would lead him to standing in the arrivals terminal of the city airport, clutching a glossy white placard with names written in bold black marker. He wasn’t even supposed to be here. His real job was to fix malfunctioning printers in his hostel and build circuits for his classmates in exchange for Maggi packets, but when his college senior told him about this “easy money gig” at the airport—just hold a sign, smile politely, and hand over the passenger…

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    The Accidental Groom

    Tara Ellison Ray Jay Parker hated weddings. He hated the drama, the speeches, the couples gazing into each other’s eyes like the world was a chocolate fountain. But most of all, he hated commitment. So naturally, when his best mate Ollie invited him to a week-long bachelor party in Goa—far, far away from London’s relentless drizzle and his ex-girlfriend’s constant texting—Jay booked the flight without a second thought. He didn’t bother to read the fine print. Details bored him. That’s how he ended up sleep-deprived, slightly hungover, and entirely confused when a chauffeur holding a sign that read “Jai Prakash…

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    Mistakenly Yours

    Kabir Sanyal Part 1 It all started with a sandwich. Not the fancy kind with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes, but a simple, over-grilled aloo tikki sandwich that arrived with the wrong name scribbled on the delivery bag. To Ritu. Nayan stared at it, confused. He had ordered a classic cheese sandwich, and his name, in bold caps, was clearly Nayan. But the delivery guy was already halfway down the stairs, humming a Punjabi tune. Nayan sighed and peeled the sticker. Hunger won. Five buildings away, a woman named Ritu sat cross-legged on her balcony, staring into her phone with equal…