Watch the Full Video on Chaturya – The Fourth State Channel We know them as the masters of the cosmos: The Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva—the great Trimurti. The trinity that runs the endless cycles of life and death. For ages, they’ve ruled from their celestial dimensions, directing the grand […]
Welcome to the heart of Southeast Asia, where the jungle hides the incredible stone cities of the Khmer Empire. Think of Angkor Wat—an architectural marvel that reveals a civilisation that understood the secrets of the heavens and the earth. But the story of this kingdom isn’t built on a foundation of stone, but on a
The realms of dark fantasy and horror constantly evolve, with readers hungry for fresh nightmares and unexplored mythologies. In the vibrant landscape of contemporary Indian genre fiction, author K. Hari Kumar has carved a powerful niche. He masterfully blends ancient Indian folklore and deep Indian mythology with the anxieties of modern life, creating chilling narratives
There are stories that come with thunder, and there are stories that arrive like a sigh at dusk. The music video adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s He Sakha Mama Hridaye Raho is one such sigh—gentle, almost silent, yet carrying the weight of lifetimes. He Sakha is also rendered as Hey Shokha, and that’s how it is spelt in the music video that came out in 2024. In this hauntingly evocative retelling, the sacred Rabindra Sangeet becomes more than a hymn. It becomes the pulse of a man torn between two women, two kinds of love, and ultimately, two versions of himself.
When I write women, I don’t create them as symbols or archetypes. They are people, shaped by the worlds they inhabit. Some fight against their circumstances, some carry wounds that refuse to heal, and some embrace the darkness that has been thrust upon them. A reader who read Dakhma once told me that Anahita gave
