What if your past could be erased? What if a forgotten language held the key to belonging? What if a mysterious train could take you back to the person you once were, or a garden could steal your memories one by one?

In The Atlas of Becoming, roots reach far beyond family trees. They lie in forgotten histories, ancestral voices, childhood dreams, old wounds, places we call home and stories we inherit. And wings are found in unexpected places: in rebellion, curiosity, courage, imagination, friendship and the audacity to become someone new.

Across these pages, you will encounter enchanted kingdoms, haunted houses, supernatural forests, distant futures and worlds where magic meets science. You will meet dreamers, rebels, explorers, survivors and seekers wrestling with love, loss, identity, ambition and belonging.

Some stories will make you wonder. Some will unsettle you. Some may break your heart.

But all of them ask one irresistible question:
What will you become when you discover where you came from and dare to find out where you can go?

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Writers

Sruthi Musty, Thejashree Gandhamaneni, Rizwana Zarreen Shaik, Tanish Rajan Iyer, Vismita Choppala, Smritha Srinivasan, Jasmitha M., Urvi Trisha Chaturvedi, Ananya Sivapurapu, Deekshita S. Kommavarapu, Yash Jayant Nimje, Srinilaya Bijjala, Janisha Jena, Saanvi Malempati, Myra Prasad, Anya Agrawal, K. Haasya, Himagna K., Tanishka Siri Yadlapalli, Amrutha Varshini Annapragada, Srinath Aripirala, Mahathi Thatipally, Sanshray Padhy, Tapasya Aravapalli, R. M. Kapish Lochan, HemanyAa Koneru, Devi Akshyaa Vuppala, Isha Cherukkupally, Udvitha Vattikuti, Vindhyavasini Maddipatla, Abhinav Uma Chetan, Avixith, Meghana Katta, Mauli Agrawal, Dhanvi Tadisetti, Mrinmayi Balla, Harshith Reddy, Jahnavi Kolukuluri, Keerthana Dulla, Ditya Viral Dave

Editor: Srivaishnavi K.R.

Foreword: Meghana Gorukanti Jupally