If this is your first time to my website, welcome.
This author website is where you can browse and explore the adventures of Jigneshbhai & Swami, my short fiction, and quiet musings. There’s no particular order to follow. But if you’d like a gentle way in, here are a few starting points.
☕ Jigneshbhai & Swami
These are short conversational pieces between two friends and their everyday adventures.
One is restless and worries a little too much.
The other is calm – he listens, smiles, and provides perspective.
They talk about work, life, ambition, patience, and the small anxieties of everyday living — usually over coffee, and go about their everyday life adventures – usually packed with humour and insights.
Some others from the world of Jigneshbhai and Swami such as the wealthy old man, Vidya and Meera, Raichand the boss, society neighbours, office collegues and others make an appearance from time to time.
If you enjoy dialogue, humour amidst everyday moments and situations that feel familiar with insights wrapped in them, you can begin here:
→ Start with a few Jigneshbhai & Swami stories
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📖 Short Stories
Alongside the conversations, you’ll find short stories about ordinary people and ordinary moments.
These are not plot-heavy stories. Nothing significant happens, yet they may leave you with something. They focus more on characters, everyday settings, inner movement, and what quietly lingers after something has passed.
You might enjoy these if you like thought-provoking stories that can be read in one sitting and remembered later.
→ Read a few short stories
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✍️ Musings and Reflections
Occasionally, I write reflective pieces — not just about writing itself, but also about attention, work, travel, reading, and other things that I may observe.
These are thoughts and opinions in the loosest sense. Call them musings and reflections. You don’t need to agree with them; they’re simply offered as finished thoughts.
→ Browse musings and reflections
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📚 Books & Collections
All of my writing exists in book form — collected, edited, and published in eBook format to be read offline and at leisure. There are two types of books:
The World of Jigneshbhai and Swami (collection of Jigneshbhai & Swami conversations, everyday adventures and novellas),
The Collected Short Stories of Ranjit Kulkarni (collections of my short stories).
You can explore and buy them online at my eStore here:
→ View books and collections
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A small note
There’s no order in which you need to read the content here, though it is organized by latest first. You may browse or search the website as some older posts may still be interesting.
Read what interests you. Pick up a book from the eStore if it appears interesting.
Or come back later to pick up the thread.
Have a Nice Time. Happy Reading.
— Ranjit Kulkarni