Chapters Apart, Stories Together: A Tale of Two Indian Thriller Readers – III
A five-part micro story series that dives into the world of Indian suspense thriller novels. Through the eyes of two young midnight readers, it explores how suspense thriller Indian novels, top Indian thriller novels, and celebrated Indian thriller authors create unique thrills when the city sleeps. The Unexpected Disturbance There’s a fine line between what […]
Chapters Apart, Stories Together: A Tale of Two Indian Thriller Readers – II
A five-part micro story series that dives into the world of Indian suspense thriller novels. Through the eyes of two young midnight readers, it explores how suspense thriller Indian novels, top Indian thriller novels, and celebrated Indian thriller authors create unique thrills when the city sleeps. The Sounds in the Backdrop The city never truly […]
Chapters Apart, Stories Together: A Tale of Two Indian Thriller Readers – I
A five-part micro story series that dives into the world of Indian suspense thriller novels. Through the eyes of two young midnight readers, it explores how suspense thriller Indian novels, top Indian thriller novels, and celebrated Indian thriller authors create unique thrills when the city sleeps. Parallel Introductions At 1 a.m., two different windows of […]
When Raindrops Plot Thrillers
“Someone seems to be lost,” Rhea remarked, balancing her chai carefully as she joined Ananya by the window. “Because,” Ananya said, holding her cup, “this is peak existence. Rain outside, chai inside, and zero guilt about doing absolutely nothing.” Rhea raised an eyebrow. “You are doing something. You’ve been staring at those raindrops like they’re […]
The Indian Olfactory Bookmarks – More Mysterious than Indian Thriller Novels
There are bookmarks… and then there are Indian olfactory bookmarks – the kind you don’t choose, they happen to you and the book that is in the grip of the culprits – your hands. Finding out their source is like reading through the 365 pages of an Indian thriller novel, to finally get it. Like […]
Rain Rage Ruts and a Good Indian Mystery Thriller to Read
There was a time when driving through rains felt delightful. But with rivers replacing roads in Gurgaon, the delightful has been replaced with the dreadful. With the rainwater, muck and mud-covered potholes there’s a certain amount of suspense, quite like an Indian mystery thriller, will your car survive the bump? While crossing over the scale […]
Train Window Thoughts – For The Thrilling Suspense Outside
The coffee is lukewarm. The Popcorn is 50% corn and 50% delight. The view outside? Undeniably priceless. A little while ago there was a woman on a terrace waving clothes like national flag. One could see a bored goat chewing plastic near a chai stall. Somewhere in the distance, a cricket match has paused to […]
Paperback and Apologies – The Suspense of a Thrilling Make-up
In a two-storey cottage atop a hill in the mountains lived she and he. They hadn’t spoken in days, making silence between them, an unintended, silent, third housemate. A silence that was nestled neatly between their stubborn egos, echoed by that creaky floorboard near the kitchen, as if it was an underlined mention in an […]
The Window Seat Conspiracy – Idea for my next Thriller Novel
Have airplane ever inspired curiosity in you? The kind of ‘curious’ that borders on ‘suspicious’, never mind if have an Indian thriller novel is in your hands or not. The kind of suspicious that makes you think the real plot twist isn’t on land, it’s right here, at 33,000 feet. And now I sit here… […]
The Reader and The Reluctant – The Mystery and Thrill of Falling in Love
After having written this piece, I remembered the line ‘Ishq hua, to aane lagi Tehzeeb!’ from the song ‘Ajeeb-o-gareeb tarqueeb lagaye naseeb, ajeeb-o-gareeb.’ It is fromt he movie Azaad. If you read it till the end, you will know what I am talking about. She read like most people breathe. He… didn’t. Not because he […]