The Poor Man Surrounded by Questions (Sawaalon se ghira bechara aadmi) A man doesn’t become bechara (helpless) for no reason—his entire life, from childhood to old age, is spent encircled by an unending barrage of questions. This is the story of every such man whose life is entangled in the questions of three women and three men—maa (mother), patni (wife), and boss (if the boss is a woman); baap (father), beta (son), and boss (if the boss is a man). Let’s begin with childhood. The mother’s daily, thundering question would be: "Did you eat or not?" And we, fumbling for