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  • All Issues
    • Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)
    • The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)
    • Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025)
    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
    • Murals (December 2024)
    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
    • Wee Hooghly, Issue 1 (January 2024)
    • Issue 2 (October 2023)
    • Issue 1 (April 2023)
  • Weekly Features
    • Craft
    • Culture
      • Faith
      • Film/TV
      • Food
      • Literature
      • Music
      • Mythology
      • Satire
      • Science
      • Society
      • Sports
      • Theatre
      • Wildlife
    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
    • Translation
    • Travelogue
    • Book Review (Till Feb 2025)
    • Weekly Features Archive (October 6, 2024 and Before)
  • ASAP Corner
    • Books
    • Conversations
    • Excerpts
    • Film/TV
    • Magazines/Journals
    • Music
    • Remembrance
  • The Writer’s Gauntlet
  • Submissions
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    • Founding Editors
    • Guest Editors
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Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)

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The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)

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Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025)

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Bearded Enviable Teacher Kev Harrison Expelled For Promoting Pagan Rituals Blames Cat Overlords

    23 July 2026

    I have one WIP which I’m hoping to put out sometime next year, in which the protag is a self-proclaimed misanthrope. He’s been a delight to write because he’s such a wilfully shit human.

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    17 July 2026

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    9 July 2026

    Mat Ricardo is an America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals.

    2 July 2026
  • Culture - Faith - Society - Weekly Features

    “Camel’s in the House” by Maureen Tai

    19 July 2026

    I stood in front of the gods, and was struck anew by embarrassment and regret. As usual, I couldn’t decipher any of their names.

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    “Meet Lord Jagannath, Supreme Nerd of Creation” by Daniel Gauss

    19 July 2026

    “The ‘Poor’ Case of Raju Rastogi” by Rijuta Pandey

    12 July 2026

    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

    12 July 2026
  • Culture - Faith - Society - Weekly Features

    “Meet Lord Jagannath, Supreme Nerd of Creation” by Daniel Gauss

    19 July 2026

    Hinduism is generally pluralistic rather than exclusive. Worshipping Jagannath usually does not mean rejecting all other deities.

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    “Camel’s in the House” by Maureen Tai

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    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

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  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “Reimagining Tagore’s Women — Three Women: A Graphic Novel by Isheeta Ganguly, Illustrated by Chirantan Sarkar” by Anjana Basu

    19 July 2026

    Three women, one real as far as history is concerned and the other two drawn from the pages of Tagore, inspired by that real woman—the notun bouthan who was Tagore’s muse and who died tragically.

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    “a gift of attention: K Ramesh’s spinning pinwheels” by Geetha Ravichandran

    8 July 2026

    “Grief, Love and Laughter: Howard McKenzie-Murray’s This is Where We Say Goodbye” by Megan Kimber

    1 July 2026

    “Gentle Reminders on Responsible Tourism: Mani Mahesh Aurora’s Iya and the Map of Gentle Journeys” by Sunny Gavhane

    22 June 2026
  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Joãowow Lucas Survives Near-Fatal Choking By A Much Better Writer

    17 July 2026

    The Oxford Comma is a British revenge plot for losing the Revolutionary War.

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    Bearded Enviable Teacher Kev Harrison Expelled For Promoting Pagan Rituals Blames Cat Overlords

    23 July 2026

    Jen Nafziger Is The Worst Comedy Hack We’ve Ever Seen.

    9 July 2026

    Mat Ricardo is an America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals.

    2 July 2026
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