FICTION — SHORT STORY

The Teapot

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From the day I moved to a small tea estate in Assam with my husband Amit, I heard nothing else but stories about Mrs Dubey.

No one knew how long Mrs Dubey had been living in the ivy-covered bungalow at the farthest corner of the estate. Neither did they know how old she was? Or from where she was before moving to the remotest tea estate in Assam? But they knew about her teapot. They…