Agartala, Feb. 25: Agartala superintendent of police (special branch) Arindam Nath's collection of delightful anecdotes, Amar Priyo Ashtadoshira (My Favourite 18-year olds), which was released at the Agartala book fair on February 15, highlights a range of varied experiences from his life.

Nath's collection offers 24 interesting anecdotes from his own life.

The book fair began on February 13.

The first story, Pari, deals with an experience he had while on a morning walk, when he mistook a bird to be a nymph.

In another story, Rubbing, he recalls an incident about a teacher at Dharmanagar's Bir Bikram Institute, where he studied.

The respected teacher was startled at being hurled a stream of invectives in a garden behind the residence of one of his students.

To his amusement, the teacher discovered that a parrot, which was someone's pet, had been abusing him.

He took the parrot away with him and trained it to say pleasant things.

Despite his tough experiences as police officer, Nath has retained his sense of robust humour.

Another anecdote recalls a junior colleague's experience with a "ghost" that later turned out to be a lizard.

In another story, he testifies to the authenticity of a theory of criminology that a culprit is in the habit of visiting the scene of the crime he committed.

#A senior police officer had arrested a number of thieves and even murderers from the scenes of crimes on the basis of this theory.

Nath has written six books contributing to the genre of police fiction.

One of them is Sub-inspector Karamchander Diary, based on the history of successful police investigations and the countless number of criminals he has encountered in life, with their special traits.

He has also ventured into the realm of "non-fiction", in Bridging Souls: A Journey from Mahabharata to Bharata, based on his travels across North and East India still charm readers with their finely crafted reality-based stories and stylised writing.