Issue 1 · Case 4 · 9 August 2026
Bombay school desk · 1957 · Sushila Ketkar
The Parel Canteen Docket
A mill canteen’s ration docket changed hands before the 1957 supper bell.
REPORT: Parel, 1957. The mill canteen cannot draw its supper ration without a docket that has gone missing. Kitchen staff have counted the stores, but the supplier needs the signed paper before releasing more. The canteen manager is checking the accounts of four people involved in the supper preparations. Workers will arrive when the shift bell rings. The canteen manager checked the four accounts against the stores count and the supplier’s papers. The person who gave the false statement is responsible for this incident. Identify that person, the place they visited and the item they carried.
Library counter adds a rainy-afternoon register
The Five Gardens reading room has set aside a ruled register for borrowed umbrellas and satchels while the monsoon clouds gather over its verandah.
Shanta More's handling record names two items
In the canteen supper accounts, Shanta More carried one of two items: the Steel ladle or the Change tin.
Tram bells carry through the first drizzle
Morning riders were advised to keep their fountain-pen notes wrapped as a brief shower made the pavements near the circle slick before breakfast.
Tally desk traced to the Steel ladle record
The person carrying the Steel ladle was the visitor to the Tally desk.
Handwriting medal shared by two patient pupils
A small Matunga school awarded its copybook medal jointly after two pupils kept equally clean margins through the term, according to the head clerk.
Rear yard traced to the Change tin record
In the canteen supper accounts, the visitor to the Rear yard carried the Change tin.
CLASSIFIED
Tiffin carriers numbered for crowded trains
Churchgate Metal Mart engraves lids, clips, and brass tags. A mistaken dabba may be funny only after lunch is recovered.
Harmonium rehearsal opens the annual-day programme
A neighbourhood music teacher will lead a short harmonium rehearsal before the curtain rises, with the handbell kept by the stage manager until the final cue.
Arvind Rao's signed account enters the tally
Arvind Rao signed this account: “I carried the Change tin.”
Cycle shed key to be returned before noon
The caretaker asks families using the rain-dark shed to leave its brass key at the front office, so the younger pupils are not kept waiting at dismissal.
Kamla Jadhav's signed account enters the tally
Kamla Jadhav signed this account: “I carried the Steel ladle.”
CLASSIFIED
Palm Court Irani Café keeps the sugar jar ready
Palm Court Irani Café offers bun maska, brun pav and a strong cup of chai beside a bentwood rack of old weeklies. School satchels may rest under the table, not on it.
Witness tally flags one false claim
In the canteen supper accounts, three of the four signed statements are true; one is false.
A request-card bundle waits for a future wireless desk
The postman collected a tied bundle of song requests addressed to a small harbour studio, a quiet early note in the larger case-world archive.
Feroz Mistry's signed account enters the tally
Feroz Mistry wrote: “I visited the Pantry.”
Shanta More's signed account enters the tally
Shanta More's signed statement reads: “I carried the Steel ladle.”
Pantry traced to the Docket board record
Whoever carried the Docket board visited the Pantry.
Deduction board
Confirming a pair rules out the other cells in its row and column.
Blank → ○ possible → × ruled out → ✓ matched.
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| 1Shanta More | 2Kamla Jadhav | 3Arvind Rao | 4Feroz Mistry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Change tin | ||||
| 2Meal token | ||||
| 3Docket board | ||||
| 4Steel ladle |
| 1Shanta More | 2Kamla Jadhav | 3Arvind Rao | 4Feroz Mistry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Serving counter | ||||
| 2Rear yard | ||||
| 3Pantry | ||||
| 4Tally desk |
| 1Change tin | 2Meal token | 3Docket board | 4Steel ladle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Serving counter | ||||
| 2Rear yard | ||||
| 3Pantry | ||||
| 4Tally desk |
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| 1Sus 1 | Shanta More |
|---|---|
| 2Sus 2 | Kamla Jadhav |
| 3Sus 3 | Arvind Rao |
| 4Sus 4 | Feroz Mistry |
| 1Imp 1 | Change tin |
|---|---|
| 2Imp 2 | Meal token |
| 3Imp 3 | Docket board |
| 4Imp 4 | Steel ladle |
| 1Loc 1 | Serving counter |
|---|---|
| 2Loc 2 | Rear yard |
| 3Loc 3 | Pantry |
| 4Loc 4 | Tally desk |