Ram and Shyam were twins. They were both fond of playing tricks on their friends and teachers. Ram had a preference for a stubble and Shyam shaved daily. But there were days when they reversed this… and when this happened, the world was in a tizzy! So obviously, their favourite one was pretending to be the other when trapped. ‘You are getting naughtier, Ram. I’m going to tell your mother about this prank.’ ‘Sir, I’m Shyam. I haven’t shaved for two days and you know I can’t see my brother in trouble.’ Their world was a crazy world of innocent and fun-loving subterfuge. Together they had transformed the concept of shaving or not shaving into an inscrutable enigma… a drama… an intrigue! But then came along Seeta. Ram fell in love with her. He was clean-shaven and the world knows that his clean-shaven looks bowled her over! Two days later Seeta met him in the market and he pretended he had never met her. She was hurt. In fact when she said ‘Hi!’ to him he turned around and asked, ‘Do I know you, Ma’am?’ What she didn’t know was that she had met Shyam who was now clean-shaven and … Continue reading The tricky twins!