• English - Suspense - Travel

    Echoes of the Deccan

    July 17, 2025 - By 

    Devendra Joshi Chapter 1: The Call of the Deccan Vikram Roy had spent the last five years of his life chasing fleeting successes in the dusty archives and half-excavated ruins of India, always just one breakthrough away from recognition. An ambitious archaeologist from Kolkata, he had always dreamed of discovering something monumental, something that would put him on the map. But the years had not been kind to his career. Vikram had slowly become disillusioned with the field, his excitement replaced by a mechanical pursuit of academic accolades and citations. The phone call from his superior was unexpected, yet not…

  • English - Horror

    The Curse of Kundalpur

    July 14, 2025 - By 

    Niranjan Pathak Nina Kapoor’s heart raced as the dusty roads of Rajasthan stretched endlessly before her, each turn taking her deeper into the forgotten heart of the desert. The sun was setting, casting a golden hue over the desolate landscape, turning the world into a haze of orange and pink. Nina, a young historian from Delhi, had come here with a single purpose: to investigate the ancient ruins of the Shivani Mata Temple, a place shrouded in mystery and steeped in legend. The village she arrived in, Kundalpur, was a relic of a bygone era. It lay at the edge…

  • English - Suspense

    The Whispering Walls of Park Street

    July 12, 2025 - By 

    Arpita Roy Chapter 1:  Shreya Sengupta had always been a woman in motion, but now, after years of relentless hustle in Mumbai, she sought peace. The city had been exciting, demanding, and exhausting all at once, but the weight of it had worn her down. So, when the opportunity to move back to Kolkata presented itself, she seized it without a second thought. Her roots, her family, and the quieter rhythms of her childhood beckoned. She’d missed the sounds of the Howrah Bridge, the scent of street food wafting through narrow lanes, and the rhythm of the monsoon rains. Kolkata,…

  • English - Travel

    The Road to the Valley of Flowers

    July 12, 2025 - By 

    Aarohi Desai One Isha had always found solace in the delicate balance of nature. A botanist from Bangalore, she had spent her life studying the intricacies of plant species, tracing their evolution, and discovering the hidden stories that each leaf and petal held. But when an invitation arrived from a prominent research institute, asking her to explore the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand, it felt different. The valley, renowned for its rare and sacred blooms, had always captivated her imagination. It was a place of beauty, mystery, and whispers of the extraordinary—plants that only bloomed under the most sacred of…

  • English - Romance - Suspense

    The Ghosts of Malgudi

    July 10, 2025 - By 

    Ritu Malhotra 1 Ragini had always believed in the serenity that small towns offered, a break from the noisy chaos of urban life. It was why she had chosen to leave behind the busy streets of Bangalore and take up a job as a journalist in Malgudi, a town that seemed to exist in the pages of an old book—quiet, picturesque, and steeped in history. The assignment was simple: write a piece on the town’s rich cultural heritage. But for Ragini, it was more than just a job. It was an escape. After a turbulent breakup, a series of failed…

  • English - Non- Fiction - Suspense

    The Enigma of Dholavira

    July 7, 2025 - By 

    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, ever since he’d first studied the maps and fragmented writings about this lost Harappan city, which had flourished some four thousand years ago before vanishing into silence. Around him, the air shimmered with heat, and the dry wind carried the scent of dust and salt…

  • English - Travel

    The Hidden Villages of Sikkim

    July 5, 2025 - By 

    Vikram Patil 1 David stepped off the bus into the crisp, mountain air of Pelling, a small town nestled in the Sikkim Himalayas. The journey from Delhi had been long, but as the sun set behind the towering Kanchenjunga range, the sight before him made the weariness fade away. The town, draped in mist, seemed almost ethereal, its narrow streets lined with small shops selling colorful fabrics and local handicrafts. The houses here were built from stone and wood, their sloped roofs covered in vibrant moss. It was a world far removed from the chaos of his life back in…

  • English - Suspense

    The House on Mango Lane

    June 23, 2025 - By 

    Chapter One: The Return The monsoon clouds trailed her like a shadow across the sky as Naina D’Costa stepped off the plane at Dabolim Airport, the humidity of Goa clinging to her skin like memory. She hadn’t been back in ten years, not since the funeral of her grandfather, and certainly not since the family’s carefully unspoken fallout with her grandmother, Amelia D’Costa. Now, Amelia was gone, and Naina had returned not for sentiment but for closure—to sign papers, to meet the property agent, to photograph the house one last time before it was sold. The cab wound its way…