Debasis Karmakar

Devmalya lay down on his study table, mountains of notes piled up around him in the light of his desk lamp. The periodic table on the wall seemed like a silent puzzle, filled with rows of colours, numbers, and symbols that he had been memorising for days: “Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium…” 

Tomorrow’s chemistry exam was approaching like a storm. Devmalya mumbled, wiping his tired eyes, “Another group of elements to review.” He traced the noble gases with his fingers, whispering their names as if they were old friends…read more on NOPR