The Riverbank Rebels: A Childhood Against the Curfew

"When the city held its breath, when silence was law and fear had a name, four children chose the river and the freedom it promised."

In Amrapur, the streets are empty, the air thick with fear. A merciless curfew forbids more than two people from gathering, and the city’s heartbeat slows under the watchful eyes of policemen with fingers on their triggers. A single misstep could mean death.

But childhood knows no curfews.Under the cloak of night, four twelve-year-olds steal away to their secret refuge—the riverside, where the rippling water drowns out the gunshots, where friendship dares to exist beyond fear. In a city locked down by law, they carve out a world of their own—where laughter defies authority and whispers turn into quiet rebellions.

This is a tale of innocence clashing with tyranny, of friendship in forbidden places, and of small acts of defiance that echo louder than the silence of a curfew-bound city.