Hi mangal,
Thank you for sharing the book. I liked it.After a long time I read a plain story with an end that could not be guessed beforehand.Surely, the young fellows got 'educated'.

Thank you. Your appreciation means a lot to me.
mangal.

I like this art of pure story-telling.'Bear hug' is a successful short story. But there are some minor irritants eg. I find two different spellings of the name of possibly the same person-'Sudipta' & 'Sudipto'. Otherwise, great reading!

Fantastic plot.A package of humor, romance and that amazing twist at the end! My vote.

An interesting story.I think you may consider improving the format.Your work wins my vote.

From the name of the story I was expecting a completely different plot - adventure of seven college kids in a jungle, but the story totally surprised me. In that way, it is a true short story. There is a natural flow in the story line, and the incidents near the end totally surprised me. It is really hard to gauge human mind, so I don't know whether to call 'it' natural, but 'it' definitely is something to ponder over. Overall, I liked the story, but there are some comments which I would like to share with you. You could spend little more time on the characters instead of events. I am not sure whether it is possible to give life to a character in short stories, but definitely is worth a try. It was really hard to distinguish the characters and the events became more important than the characters. I am not sure whether you did it intentionally though. Also, it will be convenient for the readers if the book is formatted well.

Keep up the good work boss. I voted.

Thank you for sharing the book.pp22-24 interested me most.Do humans take to procreation in the face of destruction? It's an important query. The end is no less interesting. There is a subtle humor in some descriptions. I voted.

Hmmm... Politics always confuses me. You have the right idea but you could improve more on your presentation. I look forward to reading more of your books though. Thanks