Tantrayaan: Stories

Halloween Writing Contest 2025
2nd place winner. Their love story began with a lisped question on Halloween. A year after the accident that left his wife in a coma, that same question breaks him. He's spent a lifetime believing in her promises, but now his family is asking: is he keeping her alive, or is he just refusing to let her go?

Heartbroken after losing the future he thought he had, Kumar goes to Honduras expecting a quiet summer before starting over. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the lives of three brilliant, beautiful young women who challenge him, tempt him, and slowly convince him that love, ambition, and happiness are worth risking again. A warm, spicy slice-of-life story about healing, passion, chosen family, and building a future together. (Weekly uploads)

A Their Wonder Years Story
Bharath always thought going to America would mean fast love, wild parties, and maybe a stewardess or two. What he got instead? A busted duffel bag, a crying baby on the plane, and dormmates he never thought could exist in real life. Thrown into the chaos of Georgia Tech’s freshman year, Bharath begins an unforgettable journey of awkward first crushes and culture shocks. A slow-burn, emotionally rich harem romance set in the nostalgic 90s - full of laughter, lust, and longing.

A Their Wonder Years Story
On popular request, I am creating this story as a playful companion to the main series (Their Wonder Years). This story will be a scrapbook of chapters, especially humorous chapters, that contain laugh-out-loud moments that don’t always fit neatly into the arcs but somehow make everything feel more real.

A dark romance thriller. When his girlfriend’s disappearance is declared a cold case, Vikram Sen refuses to let her become a footnote. A single, unexpected clue pulls him into hidden data, buried crimes, and dangerous truths, and into the orbit of a detective who knows the cost of getting too close.

Bharath moves from Chennai to Calcutta to join Heritage City - one of India’s top football clubs - with dreams of becoming a professional footballer. But after rescuing a mysterious man from a robbery, he finds himself drawn into a hidden world of vivid dreams, powerful women, and ancient forces beyond his understanding. As his journey on the pitch grows more intense, so does the pull of something deeper - a path shaped by desire, danger, and a power that is only just beginning to reveal it