NYAC | 3min Read
Published on May 25, 2026
The Ruins in the Space Between
The Ruins in the Space Between
When you feel horror, what comes to your mind?
Jumpscares unnerving, Voices petrifying,
But is the chill going down your spine?
Residing in Udaipur is Mridula, an aspiring architect- sweet, stubborn and her mother’ssweetheart. She has been dreaming of becoming an architect since the age of 8 and her biggestproject is to remove the fallacy of Bhangarh.
Her goal is to reconstruct the fort, turn it into a royal palace hotel and bring back the town. Little does she know, a dark force is waiting for her- waiting to ruin her.
History has it that every part of India has got its own way of describing their folklore and overtime Indian mythology has made it evident through forts in ruins, spirited waterfalls and ghosts living under trees at night. Even so in Bhangarh lurks a ghost, undefined and pristine.
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Meet the ‘NISHI’-
A ghost destined with a ghastly past, a wicked present and a deadly future.
This ghost is not like the others, she doesn’t wander around or place curses. She imitates voices of each prepossessing man’s loved one she sees, lures him, binds him to kill that loved one and turns him into her slave till the time he does not cripple to death.
But that’s not all. This ghost stays in the Bhangarh Fort. Legend has it that the fort originally belonged to the lineage of Raja Bhagwant singh till Ratnavati, the first daughter abolished it.
Is that what really happened though?
When Ratnavati and her elder brother, Ajab were growing up, the town kept her like a jewel and disliked Ajab to an unimaginable extent. He knew the throne would go to her and his wrath compelled him to meet Shankar, a tantrik well known for black magic and put a curse on the kingdom.
However, the moment Shankar laid eyes on Ratnavati, he fell madly in love with her and was ready to transcend all barriers. He knew that his age would be a spanner in the works and so he kept a condition in front of the prince.
He created a concoction of a love spell and handed it over to Ajab to give it to his sister but little did they know that Ratnavati’s hand maiden came to know of this plan.When Ratnavati found out, she was furious and went straight to her brother, ordering both him and Shankar to leave at that very moment. Her anger had taken over and paved the way for her demise.
Shankar was enraged and placed the curse. However it wasn’t the same as before. Bhangarh was burnt down along with the palace, Ratnavati, Ajab and Shankar himself too.
This is how Bhangarh became HAUNTED.
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Coming back to present times, Two months later, Mridula moves to Bhangarh with her designs but every architectural firm she speaks to, instantly denies on hearing the name of the fort. She decides to find out the reason behind the misconception and is finally introduced to the Nishi by a local but begged by him to return back.
In the next few minutes, she comes across 7 phantasms about the Nishi but instead of backing down, Mridula decides to work in solitary and find out the backstory. .
After burning a candle at two ends for quite a while, Her visions turn to hallucinations of two men, a fire burning and ash.
She goes back to the stranger and shows the evidence. The only thing left is the transcription of the message written on the entrance of the fort- मम पुनजन्म तव भस्म:
Once he reads it, he isn’t able to believe his eyes.
It translates to- MY INCARNATION IS YOUR ASHES.
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Amongst Shankar and Ajab, who has reincarnated?
Who is the Nishi? And is Ratnavati alive?
The answer is now in Mridula’s hand and so is the fate of Bhangarh.
