Non- Fiction
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The Enigma of Dholavira
Dhruv Acharya Chapter 1: The Forgotten City The sun beat down relentlessly on the parched landscape of Gujarat’s Kutch region as Ravi Sood stepped out of the jeep, his eyes fixed on the distant stone ruins of Dholavira rising like an ancient mirage from the cracked earth. Ravi had dreamed of this moment for years,…
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The Final Objection
Neelesh Arora Part 1: The Widow in Red The rain had begun at dusk, steady and indifferent, as if the city hadn’t just lost one of its most powerful women. Meher Singh lay sprawled across her marble floor, the crimson pooling around her head like a rose wilting in reverse. Her silk robe, the color…
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Bengal Mishti: A Sugary Chronicle
Rituparna Ghosh Chapter 1: The Sweetest Soil The story of Bengal’s mishti begins not in a city sweet shop or royal palace, but in the soft, fertile fields where rice and sugarcane sway under a golden sun. Here, in the flat floodplains of the Ganges delta, nature gifted Bengal with everything needed to create sweetness—abundant…
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History of Calcutta Rajbari
Saikat Mukhopadhyay Chapter 1: Inheritance of Grandeur — The Origins of the Rajbaris The story of Calcutta’s Rajbaris is not merely one of brick and mortar, but of legacy, lineage, and layered histories. These grand mansions — part palatial residence, part theatre of power — stand today as architectural fossils of a vanished world. To…
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Tides of Mahabalipuram
Ambarish Sinha Chapter 1: The sun rose gently over the Bay of Bengal, casting a molten sheen on the restless waves as they curled and broke against the ancient rocks of Mahabalipuram. The salty breeze carried centuries of whispered legends, brushing past the weathered stone lions that stood guard along the Shore Temple. Dr. Anika…
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The Bench by the Banyan
Amit Bhattacharya 1 I arrived in Pune on a Thursday morning, the kind of morning where the sun rises reluctantly, peeking through gauzy clouds like a child waking from sleep. The railway station buzzed with quiet urgency—porters dragging luggage, chai vendors chanting their rhythmic calls, mothers herding children in half-sleep, and the occasional clatter of…
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The Man Who Documented Silence
Neha Dikshit Chapter 1: The Loudest Goodbye Mumbai never sleeps. Even at 3 a.m., the city sounds like it’s holding its breath before exhaling into chaos. The honking doesn’t stop, nor do the distant wails of ambulances or the occasional hum of trains cutting across the sleeping city like whispers through a crowded dream. Rajeev…