2006-contest

Asylum in Bergen by Aditya Sudharsan

A famous brain surgeon from India living in a Norwegian city of Bergen goes to meet Dr Saks, an equally famous - if not more famous - psychotherapist. The meeting is at the asylum Dr Saks runs: "The asylum's renown stemmed in large measure from that of its ...

To Sleep, Perchance To Dream by Rohinton Daruwala

A story that explores the consequences of Multiple Personalities if they are not treated as a disorder. Would the different personalities cohabit the single brain peacefully? This story was placed second in 2006 contest. Rohinton Daruwala divides his time between Mumbai and Pune. In between, he manages to fix bugs in the odd program and occasionally pen the odder ...

The Forgotten Future by Ramnath R Iyer

A story that happens in a virtual world where the characters eventually realize that if they do not connect with the real world their end may be near. A story stands between Matrix, the movie and Second Life, the online virtual world now in vogue. Ramnath R Iyer is an undergraduate student of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar. He blogs at ...

Cell Death by Chetan Rao

Are we living blithely unaware of the dangers of our modern world? How would we respond to a crisis that may spell the end of life - a crisis created by us? Chetan Rao is a student of science, studying in the University of Mysore, India. This story was a finalist in the 2006 contest.


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Now We Live a Full Lifespan by Cyril M Gupta

A lighthearted detective story set in the future - a future where our lifespan is decided by a computer. The computer starts acting strange and the detective with a track record of improbable successes is assigned to the case. This story was placed third in the 2006 contest. Cyril M Gupta is a programmer by day.


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