Southasian Stories

"Two worlds. Two hearts. One unexpected collision". She traveled from Pakistan to England for work, expecting nothing more than a fresh start, a busy schedule, and a chance to build a better future. Falling in love was never part of the plan. He was England's newest rising pop star, standing on the edge of fame with sold-out shows, flashing cameras, and a world that never stopped watching. Their paths crossed through mutual friends, and what should have been a simple introduction quickly became something neither of them could ignore. Coming from different countries, cultures, and completely different lives, they never imagined their worlds would collide. Yet an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into something far deeper. But not everyone wants them together. As fame, distance, family expectations, jealous rivals, and the people determined to keep them apart begin to stand in their way, their love is tested at every turn. Sometimes, the greatest distance isn't measured in miles-it's measured by the fears, sacrifices, and people trying to pull two hearts apart. When the whole world seems determined to separate them, they'll have to decide whether love is worth risking everything they've ever known... or if some stories are destined to remain only a beautiful "what if".

Meera has one rule when it comes to arranged marriage: 21 days to decide, no more, no less. Enough time to know if a stranger could become a husband - not enough time to fall in love with one. She almost breaks her own rule for him. Then, on day nineteen, he disappears. No call. No explanation. Just silence where a future used to be. Weeks later, her father walks into the living room with a rishta and a name. It's him. Now she's expected to marry the man who vanished on her - and pretend her heart doesn't remember every second of those 21 days. But some secrets don't stay buried, and some costs don't come due until after the shaadi. Fate brought them back together. The question is whether either of them will survive what it costs to stay.

17 yr old Haniya goes on with her usual daily life and struggles at home and college fighting through her teenage years. Untill she meets the guy behind a helmet. Is he her knight in shining armor shes always dreamed about? or is it possibly a dangerous trap she falling into.... are her friends/family really who they seem or do they secretly want to watch her drown in pain...? What to look forward to in this book: ◇Flashbacks included ◇Multiple POV's ◇Teenage drama ◇British slang and jokes ◇Happy ending once completed ◇Cute mushiness ;) ◇Character development ©️

"🇮 🇩🇴🇳'🇹 🇹🇷🇺🇸🇹 🇧🇪🇮🇳🇬🇸 🇼🇮🇹🇭 🇦 🇩🇮🇨🇰." Byakko doesn't remember her past - but she knows getting close to Tamsy is dangerous. He's calm on the surface and chaos underneath, a quiet smile hiding something sharp she can feel even when he says nothing. She should keep her distance. She should run. But she doesn't. Something in him pulls her in, something she can't name, something she's willing to face even if it destroys her. She just doesn't know whether that part of him is meant to save her... or break her. 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒕 3 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒐'𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍

She has stopped believing anyone sees her. Zainab Rahman is 33, widowed, and running a textile empire she never asked for. Her six-year-old daughter reads her the way she reads balance sheets: by what is missing, not what is present. Her late husband's family wants her remarried.......to his brother. She refuses. Then a Quran tutor walks through her door. Noor is 24. Madrasa-educated. Mohammadpur-poor. Wearing a panjabi with a fraying cuff and carrying a notebook full of structural diagrams to save boys like him from irrelevance. He sits on her floor instead of her chairs. He answers her daughter's impossible questions. He sees the thing Zainab has spent three years hiding: that she is not fine, and that "fine" was never the point. A marriage of convenience becomes a reckoning with what it costs to be truly known. Age-gap. Class collision. A dead husband's shadow. And the braver kind of love-the one you walk into with your eyes open, knowing exactly what it will cost, and you go anyway. Daily update at 10 pm BDT.

𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓 - (𝒏.) 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. "Love after the happily ever after." It's been ten years since they were married. What had started as a marriage of convenience and a transaction between two families in the business world was now a fairy-tale wedding in the eyes of the world. But what happens when the marriage begins to crack and the happily-ever-after starts to feel like an illusion? Laksh Raichand and Vedika Shankar are the darlings of the media and their fans, but when the familial pressure for children and unhealthy work culture begin to seep into their marriage, they contemplate the most dreaded seven-letter word-divorce. But before they sign the dotted line to break their matrimony, they decide to give it one last chance, this time at the places where they discovered love the first time as newlyweds. Will this help them fall in love again or will it separate them forever?

Maya Parkar has always had a plan for her life- graduate high school, study at university for her undergraduate degree, pursue higher education, become a therapist, get married by 30, have kids by 35 (an even number of kids- apparently that's important), etc. She claims to be spontaneous and studious enough, yet she feels like she always lives everyday on repeat. She has so many goals, yet she doesn't feel complete after accomplishing them. Though Maya's rich, she's right in the middle at school. She always did well academically and socially, but was always seen as just average. Even the community she's in (The Catalysts) is seen as just average. Dylan Díaz, on the other hand, has never felt average. The minute he sets his mind on something, he somehow succeeds in it. There is no "when push comes to shove" with this guy; he shoves off the bat. His motto is that his trauma doesn't define him. Everyone knows that he's basically a Big Bang legacy admission- but this value and contributions are undeniable. Growing up wealthy, handsome, and smart means he was good at basically everything but one thing: rejection. When Maya Parkar, someone that wouldn't typically be on Dylan Díaz's radar, decides to ditch him in a Frat party's bathroom, it doesn't go well. At least for Dylan, that is. After multiple encounters with each other, Dylan becomes determined and hell-bent on ensuring that Maya recognizes Dylan's star quality. Is Dylan's charm enough to change Maya's strict plan for her future? Will their feelings for each other matter, if they risk social exclusion and ruining school culture?

A Michael Jackson x Oc Fanfiction AISHA KAPOOR ʜᴀꜱ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ʟɪꜰᴇ ʀᴇꜰᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏxᴇꜱ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ. ᴀ ʙʀɪᴛɪꜱʜ ꜱᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀꜱɪᴀɴ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ, ꜱɪɴɢᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇʙᴇʟʟɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀʀᴛ. MICHAEL JACKSON ʜᴀꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴀɴᴛ: ꜰᴀᴍᴇ, ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ. ʏᴇᴛ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴏᴛʟɪɢʜᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴍᴀɴ ꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴀʟ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟦 ɢʀᴀᴍᴍʏ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ʙʀɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟᴀꜱᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀʟᴀɴᴅ, ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱʜɪᴘ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴛᴜʀɴꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜰᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ.

After winning a national archery championship, twenty-two-year-old Krisha travels to Varanasi alone. What begins as an ordinary trip takes a terrifying turn when she discovers an ancient coin beneath a banyan tree and hears a voice that seems to know her. A mysterious stranger appears. Forgotten memories flash before her eyes. And before she can understand what is happening, she dies. But death is not the end. When Krisha opens her eyes again, she finds herself in another era, living as Kirtimati, the rebellious daughter of a powerful minister in the kingdom of Suryagarh. Haunted by memories from two different lives, she is forced to navigate a world of royal courts, hidden enemies, dangerous borders, and secrets buried by time itself. The more she learns about Kirtimati's past, the more she realizes that her death may not have been an accident. And that some souls are tied together across life

Written as the unfiltered inner monologue of a Bay Area girl who thinks too much and feels everything. Simran has it figured out- or at least that's what everyone thinks. Soccer, school, a solid friend group: from the outside, she's killing it. But being the youngest in a Punjabi family where the parenting ran out before she got there means she's mostly been raising herself, quietly. There's a specific kind of loneliness that comes with that: too young for her sisters, too Americanized for her parents, too much of a girl for a world that keeps trying to put her in a box. She's learned to outrun it. She's good at that. But some things catch up. Everybody Wants to be Loved follows Sim through the friendships, crushes, and family moments that slowly add up to something like an answer- and the quiet work of figuring out who you are when no one's really watching.

When two pure souls cross the same path once destined for them the life starts its magic bringing them together forming a surreal love story, the kind no one would hate as everything goes on smoothly without much troubles....

Behold, the diaspora Desi version of Mean Girls. Nisha Kapoor never expected to become UT Dallas's most talked about transfer student. After surviving gang shootouts and armed robberies in the Bronx, she just wanted to study, hang out with her best friends Raj, Shruti and Asifa, and maybe figure out what to do about Rohit Mallepalli, the tatted Telugu swimmer hunk who somehow communicates exclusively in three word texts and brings a falafel bowl everywhere with zero apology. Then Hena Shinde, one of UTD's most popular girls, sits down at her Starbucks table. And everything changes. One Stanley cup compliment later, Nisha is inside UTD's most exclusive social circle. The group chats. The parties. The hot tubs. The close friends lists. For the first time ever, Nisha Kapoor is popular. But popularity has a price. And Hena always collects. Because Hena is Rohit's ex. Hena has already clocked exactly how Rohit looks at Nisha. And Hena has a plan. The kind that looks like an accident. The kind nobody sees coming until it's already too late. Meanwhile RASN (Raj, Asifa, Shruti and Nisha's friend group) is being unintentionally ignored. Rohit is falling harder. And something is coming that nobody sees until it's too late. The in-crowd looked perfect from the outside. It always does.

In a world where Nepali traditions remain untouched by outside influence, 'Mero Priye' explores a society built on merit, equality, and ancient rituals. No patriarchy. No assigned roles. Sanskriti Vidya campus where the love story of Neel and Veena deepens . A romantic comedy about what happens when life is dealt with side-by-side, and love is the simplest truth of all." A tale of sweet romance and legacy which tells us that our bravery gives us what we desire. This story is complete fiction and they don't match the real history of Nepal. The Aarati Aadhya | All Rights Reserved. This story is the Intellectual Property of the author. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted without permission."

[a desi rivals to lovers college story ] Pallavi wouldn't have cared for the Best Outgoing Student Award if not for her plan to escape from what she considers an awful fate. Winning the award is her ticket out of this country. She needs it. Turns out, Atharva Krishnan, her annoyingly attractive classmate, is aiming for the same award for reasons unknown. Sometimes, she wonders if he is only after it so he could piss her off. Atharva and Pallavi instantly become sworn rivals, grappling for a win over the other so it can fetch them the coveted prize at the end of their course. Who will win this battle of wits? By the end of three years, will they remain rivals or cross the line to become something more?

Laveena was raised to hunt vampires. Until one day she wakes up as one. Stripped of her humanity and trapped in the flesh of the creatures she had sworn to destroy, she is no longer the hunter but now the hunted. Haunted with the mystery of what happened to her original body; there is calamity rising up within the vampire community; someone is releasing bloodthirsty vampire animals into the world. Forced to work alongside vampires and thrust into vampire society, will she unveil the mystery of why how she ended up in this body and stop whoever is causing this destruction?

Being Indian American feels like living in a pressure cooker wrapped in a smile. You're told to be perfect, productive, palatable - never loud, never intimidating. But travel to India, and you'll meet folks who are bold, stylish, confident, and unapologetically gangsta. DEAR DIASPORA, YOU'RE NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER is a sharp, personal callout - not to India, but to the suffocating performance of "representation," perfectionism and intraracial competition that dominates Desi life in the West. This isn't a sob story - it's a truth bomb. A cultural essay that demands real freedom, not filtered branding. If you're ready to sip some realness, break free from the cage of expectations, and find your max pro aura - this is for you. 🍋 Bold. Tart. Sweet. Unfiltered. 🍋 Just like a glass of limeade on a hot day.

A fan fiction of Kokila Modi, someone who most of us in the Asian subcontinent watched growing up! Contains cringey content written by a bored 16 y/o during quarantine. Read at your own risk. Stay home, stay safe. Use a mask folks! 😷

A series of short stories about people who go through different experiences in a virtual world called Phantasia.

​"He has too much atmosphere." ​Kian has a flawless, data-driven plan for his Master's degree: graduate with distinction, speak to a grand total of zero people, and secure a job interacting exclusively with algorithms. Humans are messy. Humans leave bad tastes in your mouth. ​Then came Arjun Mehra. ​Arjun ruins things the way weather does. Casually and without permission. He shows up late, argues thoughtfully with professors, drinks aggressive amounts of coffee, and leaves yellow Post-it notes that haunt Kian's thoughts for twelve days straight. Kian is determined to find him deeply, permanently insufferable. ​But when a mandatory semester group project forces them into an accidental partnership, Kian's tightly color-coded world starts to blur. ​Arjun is a chaotic variable Kian didn't account for. And the hardest part about data? You can't calculate your way out of catching feelings. ​✨ WHAT TO EXPECT: 🛋️ Forced Proximity (The dreaded group project) 🤫 Grumpy x Charming / Academic Rivals-ish ☕ High-tension banter & slow-burn yearning 📉 A main character who is an expert at lying to himself ​An OwnVoices South Asian New Adult BL Romance. Updates every [Day of the week]!