December 15. “Are you saving the kisses I send you every morning?”

“Each and every one.”

“The news I am going to share with you tonight is that Nata Mullick, a hangman in Kolkata passed away yesterday. He was 83 and was quite a guy. A documentary was made on him.”

“Who’s a hangman?”

“You don’t know who a hangman is? The word ‘hangman’ gives the meaning away.”

“Someone who hangs! Where does he hang from? What does he hang?”

“Not in that sense. A hangman is someone who conducts the hanging of a criminal.”

“What an awful way to kill. Why can’t they just shoot the culprit dead. It’s quick. What an old-fashioned way too! Are we still living in the ice age?”