The Time Between Us
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Last published Wed, Aug 20, 2025
Elena Raj(21) has always lived between two worlds-Indian by blood, but British by citizenship. A rising pop star in London, her voice fills arenas, her life glittering with fame. But when she visits India to see her grandparents, fate plays its cruelest trick.
Her grandfather, a scientist, hides a secret. One slip into his unfinished time machine, and Elena is torn from the present and thrown into pre-independence India, a land ruled by the British, where rebellion brews in every corner.
Alone and lost in a century not her own, she must hide her identity, live as one among the people, and learn to survive in a world far harsher than the one she left behind. She believes it's only until she can return home sooner.
But little does she know... time has other plans. And in this world stands Officer William Hart(26)-a ruthless British officer, infamous for his cruelty and hatred toward Indians.
Elena finds herself trapped under his rule, forced to conceal who she really is, and survive every dangerous encounter that fate throws in her path.
What will happen next? How will she manage to survive in that era? And when their paths finally cross, what's going to happen between her and William Hart? To find out, stay tuned to this story.
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