Funny short stories

Arranged marriages, failed music recordings, weight struggles, annoying robot vacuums and more

The roller coaster ride of option trading

Nishanth S Coontoor 6.30 am. 4 May 2020. Monday. Casually scrolling through Facebook… ‘Aparna and Nagesh are engaged.’ Alright, here’s ...
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A quick chat with Louie, our pet dog, on this quarantine life

Louie’s 5th year birthday In an exclusive, Louie, my aunt’s five year old pet dog, spoke up on behalf of ...
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I now understand what you mean when you say your toddler annoys you. I just adopted a robot vacuum cleaner

Image by NickyPe from Pixabay Image by Eduard Reisenhauer from Pixabay Nishanth S Coontoor I am a reasonable person and ...
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Weight, wait, go away. Come again post-corona day

Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Nishanth S Coontoor I don’t know about you, but since this quarantine started, my ...
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Indian television: a world full of snakes, bees, flies and gorillas for characters. Watch at your own risk

Nishanth S Coontoor It’s about 9.30 pm on a humid Friday in downtown Cincinnati. We are playing pool at a ...
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Sing when nobody’s watching (or listening)

Nishanth S Coontoor “Y’all sing well, bless your heart. Y’all could be heard nine miles yonder.” “Oh shit! Oh, well.” ...
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I party but only till 10 pm. That’s when I go to bed.

By Nishanth S Coontoor Its 5 pm on a Friday evening and my face-off with excel is interrupted by a ...
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Uppit Coffee: a tale of Indian arranged marriages

By Nishanth S Coontoor Growing up, when I attended weddings, I recall sitting in loud wedding halls and enquiring the ...
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