Ananya Deshpande Episode 1 – Across the Alley The alley was barely wide enough for two people to walk shoulder to shoulder, yet to Rohit it felt like a border he could never cross. On his side stood a row of aging houses, their paint peeling in the damp Kolkata monsoon, their balconies strung with clothes that never quite dried. On the other side rose another line of buildings, just as worn, their windows facing his own. He had grown up here, in this tight pocket of the city where noise never really faded—vendors calling out, children playing cricket with…