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Quilt or Not, Life is No Bed of Roses
The New Indian Express
|August 31, 2025
Ismat Chughtai was dragged to court, where not a single prosecution witness could find one offensive word in the story. Result? Acquittal
Life lived in the crucible of a hill station is deceptively simple. Within its simplicity is masked a struggle for survival.
A long time ago, I took my blushful bride to trawl Landour bazaar for a warm blanket. Now that was no tall order, not unless you see it unfold. Rummaging through a pile of blankets in a dark, dingy shop, perhaps we had set our hopes too high? I knew a casual acquaintance who ended up selling his house here, all because of a quilt.
‘After hearing my teeth-chattering in a snow storm,’ She complained, adding, ‘He brought home a 10kg cotton quilt and to turn over one had to be a body builder!’ Later, I wasn’t in the least surprised when they sold their mountain home and moved to the warmer climes of Goa.
This story is from the August 31, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express.
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