• Crime - English

    Mumbai Undercover

    Rabi Kumar Prasad Chapter 1 – The Assignment Mumbai never slept, and Inspector Arjun Mehra knew that better than most. The city’s pulse throbbed through the neon-lit streets, its chaos both maddening and alive, and at the center of it all, he stood like a solitary soldier fighting an endless war. Arjun was known as one of the most relentless cops in the Anti-Narcotics Cell, but years of watching criminals slip through the cracks had left him hardened, skeptical, and restless. He had seen gangsters walk free with the blessing of politicians, officers paid to look the other way, and…

  • Crime - English - Suspense

    The Poisoned Lassi

    Pabandeep Singh 1 The day began with a deceptive calm as the Singh family gathered at the ancestral haveli, its sprawling courtyard decorated with marigold garlands and incense smoke curling into the late afternoon sky. The occasion was meant to be one of prayer and ritual, a havan arranged by Harjit Kaur to mark a prosperous harvest season and to offer blessings for the family’s future, but beneath the fragrance of camphor and the rhythmic chanting of the priest lay a storm of unspoken tensions. Gurpreet Singh, the eldest son, stood near the head of the courtyard, his arms crossed…