Set against .a rural backdrop, ‘Stench of kerosene’ is the stor3 of a couple, Guleri and Manak, who have been happily married for several years but do not have a child. Manak's mother is desperate to have a grandchild to carry on the family name. Hence, she gets Manak remarried in Guleri's absence. Manak, who acts as a reluctant but passive spectator, is meanwhile, informed by a friend that. Guleri, on hearing about her husband’s second marriage, poured kerosene on her clothes and set fire to them. Manak is heartbroken and begins to live as if he were a dead ir.an. then his second you delivers a son, Manak stares at the child for a long time and blurts out, “Take him away ! He stinks of kerosene.” This is a sensitive issue-based story which tries to sensitive the readers about

Set against .a rural backdrop, ‘Stench of kerosene’ is the stor3 of a couple, Guleri and Manak, who have been happily married for several years but do not have a child. Manak's mother is desperate to have a grandchild to carry on the family name. Hence, she gets Manak remarried in Guleri's absence. Manak, who acts as a reluctant but passive spectator, is meanwhile, informed by a friend that. Guleri, on hearing about her husband’s second marriage, poured kerosene on her clothes and set fire to them. Manak is heartbroken and begins to live as if he were a dead ir.an. then his second you delivers a son, Manak stares at the child for a long time and blurts out, “Take him away ! He stinks of kerosene.” This is a sensitive issue-based story which tries to sensitive the readers about