Indian Noir Horror Podcast

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The gods have abandoned the universe. Only the armies of heaven stand between freedom and annihilation — and something ancient is moving the pieces. In the vast celestial empire of Indra, three warrior companions carry the weight of an unravelling world. Tejas — a Gandharva Major whose faith has curdled into fury, haunted by a guilt he cannot name and a past he cannot outrun. Shreya — an Apsara Captain who has clawed every inch of her rank from a command structure determined to keep her beneath it, fighting a war on two fronts — against her enemies, and against her own army's prejudice. Balveer — a Yaksha warrior of devastating strength, carrying a grief decades old and a debt of vengeance that no amnesty has settled. Against them: the fanatical Danava hordes of the dark wizard Chatur Jagan, the genocidal ambitions of the Asura emperor Ahiravan, and something far older and far worse than either — a being that predates the gods themselves, who has been watching, waiting, and arranging every conflict like moves on a board only it can see. Dev/Asur — War of the Heavens is an epic military fantasy rooted in the mythology of ancient India — a world of divine weapons, celestial politics, demonic armies, and soldiers who are heartbreakingly, defiantly human. Perfect for fans of Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen — with its vast cosmology, brutal warfare, and soldiers who matter as much as gods. Readers of Conn Iggulden's battlefield intensity and Brandon Sanderson's intricate mythological world-building will find themselves immediately at home. This is Indian mythology reimagined as military epic. Gods who fail their people. Empires built on the bodies of the loyal. A conspiracy that spans dimensions. And three soldiers who refused to stop fighting even when the heavens went silent. The great game has begun. The gods are not coming. The stormfront is.

Indian Noir is an Indian horror podcast featuring original Indian horror stories, Indian creepypastas, paranormal tales, supernatural fiction, dark fiction, and immersive audio storytelling. Each episode is written, narrated, and produced by Nikesh Murali, Commonwealth Short Story Prize-winning writer, bestselling horror author, and professional narrator.

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This podcast is rated R 18+. It may contain classifiable elements such as violence, sex scenes and drug use that are high in impact. This podcast may also contain information which may be triggering to survivors of sexual assault, violence, drug abuse or mental health issues. Listener discretion is advised.

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While the Indian Noir podcast has come to an end, my storytelling has not. I am continuing to write new horror stories, both standalone tales and longer series, and they now live on my Substack.

You can find all new work at indianhorrortales.substack.com.

If you have enjoyed these stories over the years and want to keep walking through darker worlds with me, I would love to have you there. Your support helps keep these stories alive.

Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for staying with me until the very end. I will see you again, in another story.

• Buy my collection of horror novellas TALES OF HORROR at https://amzn.to/42XxAu5
• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/U7U03JREM to cover the web hosting and sfx costs.
• Follow me on Instagram instagram.com/indiannoir

Indian Noir is written, narrated and produced by one of India’s best horror and crime writers Nikesh Murali. Nikesh is the author of a multi-award winning, Amazon bestselling  horror novella collection 'Tales of Horror'. His novel 'His Night Begins', which was praised by Crime Fiction Lover magazine for its 'terse action scenes and brutal energy', was released to critical acclaim and earned him the tag of the 'most hardboiled of Indian crime writers' from World Literature Today Journal.
 

Nikesh has won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Asian region) and DWL Story Prize, and also received honourable mentions for the Katha Short Story Prize twice. Nikesh was among the top creative talents from India (including Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Tabu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui) selected to create original shows for Audible Suno.

Indian Noir Podcast has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, India Today, CBC, The Hindu, Times of India, New Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Deccan Herald, The Statesman, The Week, The Telegraph, Femina, The Economic times, Mid-Day, The News Minute, The Quint, India Times, ABC Radio, Mashable, Reader's Digest India, Men's World, Your Story, Calcutta Times, Grazia and other media outlets. It has won rave reviews on major podcasting platforms, from critics and listeners alike and is widely considered as one of India’s best horror and crime podcasts.
 

This podcast is rated R 18+. It may contain classifiable elements such as violence, sex scenes and drug use that are high in impact. This podcast may also contain information which may be triggering to survivors of sexual assault, violence, drug abuse or mental health issues. Listener discretion is advised.

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