Winner of Wattpad India Awards 2020 (Judge's Choice) in the New Adult category. ~*~ "The lights are cheeky, you can't live without them, and yet if you get too close, they'll blind you. Darkness? Well it doesn't cheat. It's cool and soothing. It's reliable." ~*~ Madhulika Thakur thought it would be a good break from work when she agreed to visit the countryside. After all, someone needed to sort out the property her family owned there, and real estate was her forte. What she didn't expect was to be engulfed by a landslide of issues just waiting to be addressed. She must navigate her way through the mess of a fragile social fabric, complex caste equations and the sheer helplessness of the people she never knew worked for her; all the while trying to regain the trust of a long-abandoned old friend. For the first time in her life, she must choose between what she wants and what is right. ~.~ Cover by @chaashnee

[in Noir reading list of @mystery in Diverse Fiction RL of @Ambassdors] In the small town of Chandaneshwar, a young woman by the name of Amba works as a flower seller. After the death of her father, she is offered a job to work in the temple of Raja Vijay Mukherjee. Although poor, she is a Brahmin woman, so she has knowledge about the divine. One night, while fleeing from the beastly hands of Tirtha Mukherjee, she witnesses something she shouldn't have. Next morning, the fifth murder of the year takes place. Amba might not have solid proof, but she is sure these are the doings of the Mukherjee. These are all human sacrifices- narabali.

FEATURED on OFFICIAL WATTPAD's Community Happenings] Cover by the magician @MoranaInDesign (she is literally a magician!) Maya, a journalist, finds herself in the middle of religious panic when a prostitute she had met is found to be murdered. **** Lucifer, as they have been named, faces the namesake of the Devi in Devipuram. Will they be able to sacrifice this rose too like the other ones, or will the thorns now make them bleed to death? **** Maya has been tasked with writing something about the folk of Devipuram for the upcoming Puja magazine. She decides to visit the slums where the prostitutes live. Here, she meets Radha- a beautiful prostitute with a daughter. The very next day, Radha is found dead in the temple premises. And what the villagers label as the next-in-line in a chain of paranormal murders is a magnetic mystery in the life of Maya which tempts her to get to the root of this cruelty. Will she succeed in finding out the culprit or succumb to death like the five victims? WORD COUNT: 60,000-65,000 words

**** Book 1 of Manasvini Trilogy **** "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒎 𝑰, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖." A goddess. Political turmoil And the discovery of the self and beyond. Manasvini, the Princess of Magadha, was born to Divakar and Uma of Magadha after the two performed a penance to please Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Between politics, a rising rebellion and a trembling kingdom, Manasvini is thrust into a world where faith, loyalty, and destiny collide. As she navigates between her duty as a princess and the stirring of her own heart, she is drawn to the enigmatic Lord of Dwarka, Krishna, her eternal soulmate. This is the beginning of Manasvini's journey-from a sheltered princess to a seeker of truth, from the halls of Magadha to the threshold of the divine. Sᴛᴀʀᴛ: 7/12/2024 Eɴᴅ: 17/ 08/ 2025 Cover Details: Art: Red Lotus and Fish by Tang Guang from the period of the Qing Dynasty Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper Sourced from: MET Museum website, Public Domain Cover created using Canva

[Earlier Titled: Aparachita Rajakanya] Book 1 of the Aparachita Rajakanya Series **** Bharata is a land where myth, legend, and history sing the melodies of time, past, present, and future. A land that was once home to gods and goddesses is now filled with their legacies, built up over time. Royalties may not rule the country like they once did, but the country still danced to their tunes. Legacies rested on the shoulders of the young royalties of these families, aware yet blissful in their ignorance of the impending doom. As the stars and the moon align, in an unlikely celestial event, the eras of Dwapara and Kali come together. Catastrophe ensues as the lines between the past and present blur to become one. Fates were no longer the same, and destiny was to be rewritten. The history known was rewritten; the past became the present, and the present became the past. Travelling across times, Amrita was one such princess, the scion of the Bharadwajs and Kuruvanshis, the descendant of Guru Dronacharya and Pandava Arjuna. She held the pen to rewrite facts, and with that came the immense responsibility of understanding duty, honour and identity. Amrita needs to navigate not only her role as the scion of the two most prestigious dynasties of the country but also her new role as the Princess of the Kurus, on whose shoulders rested the very history she fought to preserve. Follow the journey of Amrita from a modern royalty to a strategic and influential woman in the history of Bharata only on Aparachita Rajakanya! Sᴛᴀʀᴛ: 30ᴛʜ Aᴘʀɪʟ 2025 Eɴᴅ: 14ᴛʜ Jᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 2026

[ON HOLD] "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!" As the forest exile ended and the year of incognito began, the Pandavas and their wife, Draupadi were en route to Virata's Matsya Kingdom. But fate had other plans as a mystical event pulls them into Panem. A land that was rotting from within, executing its children for crimes they never committed-the Pandavas and Draupadi are pulled into a world that reeked with adharma. Between the glittery Capitol and the starving Districts, they are spread across and assimilate into its world as the 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍 approaches. As the rebellion plots to overthrow President Snow and his government, the six ancient beings find themselves joining the rebellion. Join this journey, of justice, mockingjays, fire and arrows as two worlds collide only on 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆. ᴀʀʀᴏᴡs, Fʟᴀᴍᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ ɪs ᴀ Mᴀʜᴀʙʜᴀʀᴀᴛ X Hᴜɴɢᴇʀ Gᴀᴍᴇs Fᴀɴғɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙʀɪɴɢs ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴇᴘɪᴄ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏɴᴇ ɢᴏᴀʟ -ᴛᴏ ғɪɢʜᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇsᴛᴀʙʟɪsʜ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜʀɪᴠᴇs Sᴛᴀʀᴛ: 11/09/2025 Eɴᴅ: TBA

When Janaki stumbles upon an ancient temple of an unheard Goddess, history cracks through her life. From an archeologist to the founding mother of Indradweepa's revolution, Maithili, the unheard Goddess acts as her guide as Janaki unwillingly steps into the world of politics, power and greed as she navigates the mystic powers, forgotten myth and the lost Queendom she must remember before time runs out. Sᴛᴀʀᴛ: 8ᴛʜ Fᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 2026 Eɴᴅ: TBA

She was an heiress in denial, and he was a retired vigilante brought back to action, and when their worlds collide-the stars seem to align too, or do they really?