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Indradeep and his wife lived in Chistye Prudy, an old and prestigious Moscow neighbourhood, which got its name from Chisty Prud, a large pond which saw boats in summer and ice-skaters in winter. Less than...
Editor: Read Chapter VI here.
Swapna was all by herself in the chawl. She followed news of the bombings with trepidation and excitement, knowing that they were on the cusp of the revolution. Once people lost confidence in their leaders...
Editor's Note: 'High Rises' is the first novel to be serialized on DDR. It will initially be published on a weekly schedule.
Chapter I
The Garden of Eden was scheduled to receive its first occupants in less than a week’s time....
Editor: Read Chapter XXV here.
Opesh’s wife was not pleased to see Ravi and she knew that Opesh would be even less pleased when he came home that night. Ravi was totally dishevelled and Holambe asked for some food to...
Editor: Read Chapter VII here.
Rajesh woke up bright and early and called Anjali.
‘How do you feel today?’ he asked her.
‘I’ve decided to forgive you. It’s not really your fault. Let’s make the best of this week,’ she said. Rajesh...
Editor: Read Chapter XVII here.
Tarun counted twenty ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ posters, each with pictures of twelve men, before he stopped counting. His heart had stopped when he got a call telling him of the posters that had appeared...
Editor: Read Chapter XXIV here.
Rajesh, his mother, uncle and aunt landed outside Anjali’s doorstep at the appointed hour. As Rajesh rang the bell, his uncle said, ‘I would hate to live in a rabbit-hole like this. I wonder how...
Editor: Read Chapter XXIX here.
Inside the chawl, everything looked exactly as it always did when Ravi walked in that night.
‘Ravi is back!’ the cry went out as someone noticed him, though it was after dark and most of the...
Editor: Read Chapter XLIV here.
When surrounded by the police, Holambe and the three other Maoists put up their hands in the air and surrendered without a fight, an action, which saved their lives. They were whisked away to a...
Editor: Read Chapter XVI here.
‘I can’t believe we didn’t find any useful finger prints!’ the DGP rumbled.
‘Sir, we’ve done our best,’ the Additional DGP who headed the Crime Branch, which in turn controlled the finger print bureau, said. ‘At...
