Kissagram and Other Stories

In Sitapuri, a small town on the Indo-Nepal border, a Hanuman temple stands desecrated, and Chakauri—the town's wrestling hero—vanishes after a crushing defeat. Whispers soon harden into accusations, and as elections draw near; the incident becomes tinder for a raging political fire. Leaders, old and new, seize the moment; truth blurs with ambition. Then comes Chaman—a drifter, a dreamer, a nobody—claiming that Hanumanji appeared to him with a divine command: to raise a towering Mahaveeri flag. In a single night, Sitapuri finds itself transformed. Will Chakauri return? Will the flag rise above the town's fevered skies? And who, in the end, will claim victory? Kissagram: A Novella & Other Stories unfolds through the lives of ordinary people—each story attuned to the pulse of a town where faith, rumour, and longing shape the rhythm of everyday life.