Archika Srivastava 

Some people spend their entire lives searching for meaning. Kayal Khanna didn’t have the luxury. Life pushed her into survival.

While some do not have that luxury, Kayal Khanna is one of those unfortunates. Life pushed her into survival. When her husband Abeer dies suddenly, Kayal doesn’t fall apart, she armours up. She becomes the woman who never misses a deadline, who walks into boardrooms like she owns them, who stops expecting softness from the world. But beneath the control is chaos. Guilt she can’t speak of. Grief she can’t share. A depression so quiet, even she forgets to acknowledge it.

Everything begins to shift when she meets a yogi. He doesn’t try to fix her. He simply sees through her. That moment of clarity unravels something, and before she can stop it, she’s standing in a forest far from her old life. A place where the noise fades and the truth becomes impossible to ignore.

But the real battle begins when she returns. To a job that once gave her a purpose, and now demands her silence. A choice is waiting, between who she has become and who she is meant to be.

Rising Before Dawn Breaks is not just a story of grief or healing. It’s about the weight of choices, the cost of ambition, and the courage it takes to listen to your own voice. If you could become anything, truly anything — what would you choose?