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Susmita Pradhan turned to books in the face of a terrifying mystery

Susmita Pradhan | Readers’ Story of the Week | Story #119

It is often said that books are a person’s friends, philosophers and guides. This could not have been any truer in my case. Be it the childhood days spent honing my English-language skills or those attempts at filling my inner void, books were with me through thick and thin. That said, the one instance that Read more…

Anita is abducted by a notorious demon. Will she succeed in escaping?

Anita and the Twin Demons: A Rajasthani Folk Tale

Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy family in the village of Banswara. Abhijeet was the head of the family. He was happily married to Urmila, with whom he had three children. Ajit was the eldest of the lot, followed by Anju. Anita was the family’s youngest member. The family lived in an extravagant Read more…

Ondaa - An Assamese folk tale about Assam's tea tribes and ghosts

Ondaa: An Assamese Folk Tale

Ondaa was an extremely poor man who lived in the Sualkuchi village along with his wife and a daughter. In order to support his family, every morning he would go to different places to collect alms. One day, Ondaa wandered a bit too far in search of some offerings. The sun had gone down and Read more…

'Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.' ~ Stephen King

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