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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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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
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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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Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)

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  • ASAP Corner - Play

    “‘The Scottish Play’ in Bangla: On Subarna Mondal’s Macbeth” by Subham Mukherjee

    3 November 2026

    Macbeth was written yesterday, Macbeth is being written today, and Macbeth will be written tomorrow.

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    “When the River Remembers: Umar Nizarudeen’s The Moplah Speaks of the Rivers” by Haimanti Bagchi

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    “The Geography of Unfinished Memory: Trauma, Belonging and the Ethics of Return in Umair Ahmed Khan’s The Valley of Unfinished Songs” by Wani Nazir

    8 October 2026

    “The Unease Beneath the Ordinary: Review of Geet Chaturvedi’s Scent of the Nameless, tr. Anita Gopalan” by Tarang Sinha

    2 October 2026
  • Culture - Food - Weekly Features

    “Food Fairies” by Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’

    1 November 2026

    He walked around the mohallah mostly in silence, called out “Mishtiiiii” in a deep baritone when he felt like it.

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026

    “Lord Shiva in Singapore” by Pavle Radonić

    27 September 2026
  • Culture - Humour - Society - Weekly Features

    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    For starters, Prakash can’t cook. His coffee, though drinkable, is substandard. And oh yeah, the glaring issue – he’s a dude.

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    “Food Fairies” by Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Paul Bassett Davies is Writer in Residence, at his house. He’s Been Writing For Forty Years, And He Still Hasn’t Finished. Find Out Why.

    29 October 2026

    There is one piece of writing advice that never fails: When in doubt, begin with a sex scene. Then do some writing.

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    Author Investigates Reincarnation, Suspects He Has Been Making The Same Mistake For Centuries

    22 October 2026

    Bewildered Old Man Held Hostage By Imaginary Criminals And A Cat.

    15 October 2026

    Comedic Terrorist Dan Dellechiaie, The Brains Behind Shitbot, Writes Silly Antifa Stories—And They’re Accidentally Saving Real Lives!

    8 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

    He followed carefully the motion of liquid through labyrinthine glass tubing. He smiled like a child in a toy shop at Christmas.

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

    25 October 2026

    “How to be a Good Nigerian” and other poems by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

    18 October 2026
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