• English - Science Fiction

    City of a Thousand Suns

    September 17, 2025 - By 

    Rohan Ahuja Chapter 1 – The Desert of Light The year was 2150, and the Thar Desert no longer resembled the barren expanse it had once been. Instead of endless dunes stretching into emptiness, the horizon was now filled with colossal spires of glass and steel that glowed with the fire of captured sunlight. These towers, some rising taller than the skyscrapers of Mumbai and Dubai combined, shimmered with a brilliance that made the desert itself look aflame. At dawn, when the sun broke across the horizon, the towers lit up in sequence, each one reflecting and amplifying light until…

  • 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…

  • Hindi - कल्पविज्ञान

    अस्तित्व

    June 17, 2025 - By 

    देविका अय्यर पृथ्वी के सबसे विकसित शोध केंद्र ‘नेक्सस लैब्स’ के अंधेरे और ठंडे गलियारे में, जहाँ कंप्यूटरों की ध्वनि दिल की धड़कनों जैसी सुनाई देती थी, वहीं एक अकेली टेबल पर बैठा था डॉ. आरव मेहता—भारत का सबसे प्रतिष्ठित न्यूरो-साइबरनेटिक वैज्ञानिक। दीवारों पर स्क्रीनें झिलमिला रही थीं, जिनमें से एक पर एक अनाम प्रोजेक्ट का कोड चल रहा था—Project E.I.R.A. (Emotional Intelligence Responsive Automaton)। यह कोई साधारण प्रोजेक्ट नहीं था। आरव पिछले दस वर्षों से इस मशीन पर काम कर रहा था, जिसकी प्रेरणा उसकी दिवंगत पत्नी रेवती थी—एक संगीतकार, जो मानती थी कि भावनाएँ ही इंसान की असली…