Whispers in the Chatroom
Part 1: First Ping Background: It was late September. The monsoon had just begun to fade in Delhi, leaving behind steamy evenings and the smell of wet concrete. Ankit, 29, was living a routine life — a mid-level marketing manager for a tech firm, independent, decently successful, and quietly bored. Nights were often filled with Netflix on mute, half-read books, and occasionally wandering into anonymous forums just to talk. Medha, 23, had just started her MBA in Mumbai. Between orientation weeks, case studies, and new roommates, she felt surrounded yet strangely lonely. One evening, out of sheer boredom, she entered … Read more