• English - Science Fiction

    The Ganga Protocol

    September 2, 2025 - By 

    Avinab Tripathi 1 The first light of dawn draped the ghats of Varanasi in hues of saffron and pale gold, casting long shadows across the stone steps as the Ganga stirred with life. Asha, a slender girl of thirteen, sat barefoot on the cold stone, her knees drawn close to her chest, watching the river awaken with the city. Pilgrims descended the steps, their chants mingling with the rhythm of conch shells, bells, and the flutter of pigeons rising in great swirls of wings. The air was thick with incense, the sharp tang of camphor smoke, and the brine of…

  • English - Young Adult

    The Solar Eclipse Diaries

    July 22, 2025 - By 

    Riya Bhattacharya 1 The sun hung low in the Kolkata sky, its light strangely muted as if nature itself was holding its breath. The city buzzed with excitement over the impending solar eclipse, the rare astronomical event that had drawn both superstition and science into equal frenzy. But sixteen-year-old Isha Sen couldn’t care less. Trapped in her family’s ancestral home in North Kolkata, a crumbling mansion older than the city’s electric lines, she fidgeted through incense smoke and the endless drone of priests chanting shlokas. Her mother had insisted they be there for “tradition,” and her grandmother, Dida, had only…

  • English - Young Adult

    The Last Rank

    June 18, 2025 - By 

    Debdeep Banerjee 1 The bell rang like a verdict, harsh and metallic, echoing across the sterile halls of Vidya Central Institute-93. Pratik Sen remained seated, hunched over a tablet that had just blinked red, displaying the same damning notification he had seen every day since he was old enough to read: “Rank: 1000000 – Terminal Track.” Around him, the classroom buzzed with muted chatter as other students filed out, their faces glowing with quiet pride or sullen resignation, depending on where their numbers fell. Rank was everything here. From seat placements to lunch portions, from air-conditioned exam halls to future…