The Lie Between Stations at the Residency Gate

By Prashant Mishra

Neil Dutta has spent two careful years in the salt-bleached town of Bhuj drawing other people's blueprints and avoiding the question that ended his closest friendship. When he finds a rental agreement signed in his own handwriting under a name that is not his, the restraint he has built around himself begins to crack. The return of a musician searching for a missing parent pulls Neil into a mystery that spans three respected families, a disappeared man, and a documentary whose deleted subtitles hide the most dangerous truth of all. In a story where every generation remembers the same night differently, Neil must decide whether protecting the wrongfully accused means shielding someone he loves from the guilt they may deserve.