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The White Conch Shell

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The snow-clad peaks of the Himalayas had borne witness to countless souls, but never before had they seen a resolve as unflinching as Sudheer’s. With each laboured step, he carved his way upward, braving howling gusts that tore through his jacket like needles and knee-deep snow that had swallowed many a wanderer whole. But Sudheer wasn’t just another explorer chasing myth—he was a man possessed, driven by something more primal: belief, purpose, obsession. An archaeologist by profession and a seeker by nature, Sudheer had set out in search of the Shwet Shankha —the White Conch Shell said to belong to Lord Vishnu himself. Myths claimed it was hidden deep within these mountains, and that its ethereal sound dispelled evil, summoned divine beings, and shifted the balance between this world and the next. Such a herculean piece of mythology was believed to appear only to the worthy. By his side was Sangeeta—his wife, his colleague, and in many ways, his better half. A rationalist to the core,...
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The Foster's Folly

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A peculiar gloom lingered around herring’s bookstore as Cross entered the crime-scene, where scent of old paper and dust masked the stillness of death. Behind the counter, Mister Herring slumped over his desk—an oddly serene mask against the violence of his end. Though the coroner’s initial report suggested natural causes, Cross knew better: that calm betrayed premeditation. Cross inspected the surrounding, savoring every detail- Claire—his niece and foster daughter—stood nearby, her lips curled into a frown and her mascara smudged with tears that rolled down in muffled sorrow; a piece of paper on the dead man’s hands- It was from The Count of Monte Cristo. The passage spoke of vengeance. Cross picked up the blood-speckled paper, “You say he was your foster father?” “He was my uncle- the only family I had. He took me in when no-one else did” "Sorry for your loss miss, I assure you the person behind this would surely be brought to justice” Cross offered his sympathies ove...
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The Forgotten Battalion

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Mud swallowed every step that private Thompson took. The November rain had turned the mooring lands of Hürtgen Forest into a sucking mire, its damp air reeking of decay and rot. He trudged forward, armed with his mud covered rifle, in this eerily silent forest with its trees casting a suffocating gloom over him. Last night, his regiment had been ambushed by the Germans, forcing them to disperse in the dead of night to avoid being gun down. He remembered losing the company of his comrades, and then his balance as he tripped midflight in this usurping mud land. The next thing he knew; he was in the middle of nowhere in this hellish battle land. Alone and forgotten. But then he saw them, in a distance, a heart-wrenching march of death. He hid, he crawled through the muddy swampy land till he reached a point where these wavering figurines took the shape of soldiers- slow but fluid and unwavering in their movements. They stood in the mist-shrouded trench ahead. Their uniforms were old—b...
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The Forgotten Village

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The Veiled Woman of Kolkata

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Kolkata, rightly acknowledged as the city of joy, is a major metropolitan of India which prides itself as a hotspot of various cultures and inspirations, as it rose from a strong colonial influence to establish itself as a mixture of both hemispheres and a cosmopolitan which has created a distinct identity as an amalgamation of a multitude of people. Famed for its culinary mastery and remarkable architecture, it manages to hides some dark mysteries within its folds, exhibiting its misfortune to some ill-fated. *** Year- 1996 Mr. Bhattacharya was a man of science, a firm believer in the evidentiary sciences behind the myth of paranormal, he was closely associated with many science clubs and awareness groups during his college days itself. A bank employee and a family man, his profile was amenable to any other common man you would see walking down the streets of Kolkata. A man of prolific caliber and a perfectionist to the core, he would usually stay in his small cabin after his usual of...
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