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Sach dhoondhne wali kahaniyan
Darjeeling ke Glenburn Valley tea estate me barson se kaam kar rahe senior manager Bhaskar Banerjee ki bungalow ki library me maut ho jaati hai. Police ko unke desk se teen sealed chitthiyan milti hain — teeno unhi ki handwriting me hain, par teeno alag-alag logon ko qatil thehrati hain.
Pune ke Sadashiv Peth head post office me bees saal purana peela lifafa nikalta hai. Postmaster aur naye clerk jab use uske pate par pahunchane nikalte hain, to ek purane dafn raaz ke parde uthne lagte hain.
Vidarbha ke sookha-grast gaon Borgaon me zameen se paani nikaalne ke liye paanch sau foot gehra borewell khoda jaata hai. Rig operator Tukaram aur hydrologist Ananya ko casing pipe se paani ke bajaye kisi ke ek se lekar chhattees tak ginti ginne ki ajeeb aawaz sunayi deti hai. Gaon ke purane patil aur kisaan parivaron ke beech unnis sau chhanve ke us sookhe ka sach khulta hai jahan bache hue kuye ko zinda kisaano ki qabr bana diya gaya tha.
Kanpur ke purane shahar me sthit Mayur Talkies pichhle tees saal se bandh pada tha. Purana chowkidar Shambhu Dayal har raat do baje projector room se carbon arc lamp ki roshni aur shutter ki khrrr-khrrr aawaz sunta hai. Film researcher Kavita Saxena jab is cinema hall par documentary banane aati hai, to dono ko parde par unnis sau sattar ki ek lapata film dikhayi deti hai jisme usi hall me lagi aag ka dardnaak sach chhupa tha.
Spiti Valley ke unche gaon Tashigang me har saal May me baraf pighalne par ek anokhi ghatna hoti hai. Unnis sau tiryanve ke ek lapata scientist ki laash crevasse se nikal kar wapas gompa ke samne aa jaati hai. Sub-inspector Dorje aur gaon ki school teacher Sonam milkar is barfili pehli ki gehrai me utarte hain, jahan imaandari, dhokha aur ek aatma ki mukti ka raaz baraf ke neeche chhipa hua hai.
Kochi ke ek sadiyon purane tharavadu ghar me Lakshmi Amma ki maut ke baad unka kamra bheetar se chitkani lagakar band ho jaata hai. Jab unka beta Madhavan aur behen Devika jaydaad ka faisla karne aate hain, to kamre ke andar se unhe Amma ki purani pital ki ghanti, lori aur lakdi ke farsh par khadau ki aawaz sunayi deti hai. Madhavan aur Devika purane sevak Shankaran ke saath milkar unnis sau chauranve ke us gehre parivarik raaz ko kholte hain jise Amma ne chaalis saal tak apne seene me dafan rakha tha.
Belgachia tram depot band ho raha hai. Wahan night shift me kaam karne wale ek fitter ko har raat do baje ek tram chalti dikhti hai — route chhatees, jo satais saal pehle hata diya gaya tha. Us tram ka conductor apna aakhri ticket kaatne ke liye ruka hua hai, aur jab tak wo ticket nahi katta, tram depot nahi lautegi.
Jaipur ke Brahmpuri mohalle me ek baoli hai jo satasath saal se seal hai. Nagar nigam use kholna chahta hai. Devraj Meena us baoli me utarne wala pehla aadmi hai. Neeche jitni seedhiyan hain, utni honi nahi chahiye — aur har utraai par unki ginti badhti ja rahi hai.
Farhan apne baap-dada ki sadiyon purani dukaan me taale aur chabiyan banata hai. Ek toofani raat, Nawab Khandan ki purani haveli me use ek aisi tijori kholne bulaya jaata hai jisme chaar taale lage hain. Teen taale pehle hi khul chuke hain, par chauthi chaabi ghoomte hi jo sach samne aata hai, wo uske apne parivar ke ateet se juda hai.
Sardiyon ki chhutti me hostel me sirf paanch bachche bache hain — jinke ghar walon ne unhe nahi bulaya. Aur ek warden. Raat ko ghanta teen baar bajta hai. Teesri baar kaun bajata hai, yeh koi nahi jaanta.