Chapter 3: Supriya’s Regret Starts With A Rumor
A week after the laptops were distributed, Warangal's silence shattered.
Not with riots. Not with slogans. But with a question whispered through school corridors, youth clubs, teacher lounges, and WhatsApp groups:
"Who gave us all this?"
No banner.No MLA speech.No political party flexing on a mic.
Just brand-new laptops in hundreds of poor hands... with no one to thank.
And every time someone tried to find the source, the same name came up:
"Some company called Xylon."
In the college canteen, Supriya scrolled through Instagram posts showing students receiving laptops with tearful smiles.
"Another Xylon drop," the caption read.#SpendGodwas now trending.
She tilted her phone. Brows furrowed.
Across the table, her friend Riya was sipping cold coffee.