Tyre-the story won the prize in Pratilipi’s short-story competition. Tyre tells a tale of friendship of rockhead ‘Bandya’ and goody two shoes ‘Mohasin’. The story takes you to those little gullies of your hometown, where us 90’s kids had fun. Bandya’s bullheaded character unfolds the innocence of school-life. The two inseparable friends drift apart as one of them leaves for higher education, only to realize how life has changed for both.