Postcards from Pune: Oxford of the East ( Book 5 of the Heartbeats of India Series)

Postcards from Pune is a heartfelt collection of fifteen stories that capture the pulse of a city that refuses to be just one thing. Pune is an old professor with sharp wit a rebellious student with headphones and a grandmother with recipes older than her wrinkles—all rolled into one.From Koregaon Park’s leafy cafés to the buzz of FC Road from the quiet strength of Parvati Hill to the festive chaos of Dagdusheth Ganpati these tales wander through alleys of memory mischief and meaning. They speak of first loves found over filter coffee friendships cemented on crowded PMPML buses heartbreak hidden in hostel rooms and unexpected laughter in the most ordinary corners.Woven with Puneri wit and soulful nostalgia each story is a snapshot—sometimes funny sometimes raw always real. Whether it’s a burn survivor turning pain into art a couple testing love across traffic jams or an old soldier finding peace by the lake every character mirrors the paradox that is Pune: laid-back yet ambitious sarcastic yet soft-hearted traditional yet quietly revolutionary.For those who have called Pune home this book will feel like a walk down familiar lanes with a long-lost friend. For those meeting the city for the first time it’s an invitation to discover a place where the past and present sip chai together and argue—affectionately of course.Pune doesn’t just leave you with memories; it leaves you with stories you can never quite stop telling. This book is a bundle of them—sealed stamped and sent to you with love.