છાલ, છોતરાં અને ગોટલા Peels, Husks and Stones (Chhal, Chhotaran ane Gotla)

ફળ ખાધા પછી છાલ-ગોટલાનું શું કરવું? - એ નાનકડો સવાલ.

Smilingly the writer raises a most ordinary question - after eating a banana, a mango or any fruit, what to do with its peel, husk and stone? The question seems trifling, yet in every home and in every person's nature the answer is different.

કોઈ સંઘરે, કોઈ ફેંકે, કોઈ સાચવે - ટેવ સ્વભાવ ઉઘાડે.

With light humour the writer shows the types of people. A cleanliness-lover puts the peels in the dustbin; a careless one throws them anywhere; a hoarder saves the stones, just in case they prove useful! One small habit lays bare a person's whole nature.

લેખક હસતાં હસતાં માણસની આદતો સામે અરીસો ધરે છે.

The writer does not preach; he merely holds up a mirror to people's habits while smiling. The very way of discarding peels reveals a person's cleanliness, carelessness, stinginess or generosity. Behind the humour hides a fine observation.

નાનકડી વાતમાંથી મોટું હાસ્ય - એ જ લેખકની ખૂબી.

The tone of the essay is easy, light and witty. To draw great humour out of a small, everyday matter is Bakul Tripathi's special skill. While reading, the reader laughs at his own habits - and somewhere a gentle hint about cleanliness and awareness slips in too.