COMMON MAN STRUGGLES HARD TO LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE. MANY A TIMES, HIS EFFORTS TO LIVE MAKE HIM PITEOUS IN OTHERS MINDS. PEOPLE LAUGH AT HIM. MANY A TIMES, MAN TRIES TO BRING CONSISTENCY IN HIS SURROUNDING FOR A SMOOTH LIVING WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES RISE TO DISCREPANCY. THIS ALSO MAKES A FOOL OUT OF HIM. THIS TYPE OF HUMOUR ALWAYS HAS A TINGE OF COMPASSION TO IT. MANY A TIMES, SMART PEOPLE DECEIVE INNOCENT PEOPLE FOR THEIR SELFISHNESS, UNKNOWINGLY, UNEXPECTEDLY. A NEUTRAL PERSON MIGHT ENJOY THEIR SHREWDNESS AND MAY EVEN PRAISE THEM. A SMILE APPEARS ON HIS LIPS FOR A FRACTION OF SECOND. EXAGGERATION IS THE SOUL OF HUMOUR. ANAND YADAV S STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE A PROOF TO THIS. HIS HUMOUR DOES NOT ARISE FROM THE LANGUAGE, IT IS MAINLY RELATED WITH THE DAYTODAY LIFE. ALL THE STORIES HAVE A HUMOUROUS MEANING. THE CHARACTERS, THE EVENTS, THEIR ADVERSE EFFECTS, ALL THIS BINDS TOGETHER AND CREATES HUMOUR. THIS HUMOUR IS THEN FRESH LIKE A MORNING FLOWER, YET THROWS LIGHT ON THE VARIOUS MENTALITIES OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US.