• English - Romance

    Equation

    June 22, 2025 - By 

    Mansi Raihan Part 1: Pitch or Personal? “So, what makes you think this will work?” Anna Sanyal’s voice was crisp, like glass about to crack. She leaned forward slightly, her blazer immaculate, fingers tapping a silver pen on the mahogany table. Ridhim Guhathakurta cleared his throat. “We’ve run a closed beta in Salt Lake with 500 users. Forty percent retention in 7 days, sixty percent reorder rate.” “That’s data,” Anna said flatly. “I’m asking belief.” “I believe,” he said, eyes steady. “Because I know what it’s like to wait forty minutes for overpriced biryani from an app that doesn’t care.…

  • English - Fiction

    The Pivot Point

    June 17, 2025 - By 

    Piyush Jha Founders and First Breaths The early morning drizzle of Bangalore clung to the cracked pavement of HSR Layout as Aarav Dev brushed aside the steam from his chai and stared at the blinking cursor on his MacBook screen. His co-founder, Neel Roy, sat across the room, legs tucked under him, mumbling code like mantras under his breath. The rented two-bedroom apartment doubled as their office, home, and war room. The seed of their startup—an AI-driven local commerce aggregator—was barely a sprout, but already the roots were clawing through sleepless nights, pivot pitches, and unpaid electricity bills. “We need…