Conversations Bablu and Gowri — The First Gift Setting: Bablu has just returned home and secretly hands Gowri the sanitary pad packet. Bablu: Gowri, I brought something for you. Gowri: What is it? Bablu: Just open it and see. Gowri: (opens packet) Sanitary pads? Why did you buy these? Bablu: I saw you using a…

Summary The narrator goes to the British Museum to read about hay fever. He finds a medical encyclopedia and starts reading about many diseases. As he reads, he begins to believe he has every illness listed—typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, and even rare ones like St. Vitus’s Dance. The only disease he doesn’t have is housemaid’s knee,…

Hope is like a small bird with soft feathers. It sits quietly inside our hearts. It sings a gentle tune that doesn’t need words, And it never stops singing. Even during strong storms, its song is sweet. Only a very powerful storm could silence it— But usually, it keeps people feeling warm and strong. I’ve…