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  • All Issues
    • 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
      • 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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  • Culture - Film/TV - Society - Weekly Features

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

    12 July 2026

    The only difference was that my father wasn’t paralysed and my mother didn’t make “khujli wali roti”. Although she did give some tuition to the neighbourhood kids.

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    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

    12 July 2026

    “Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 4 – Kyoto)” by Michael Smith

    5 July 2026

    “Art that Enriches Tradition: The Bitoda of Brajbhoomi” by Debasish Banerjee

    5 July 2026
  • Culture - Food - Weekly Features

    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

    12 July 2026

    I lifted my maroon apron from the cold marble slab. Its golden embroidery curled into spelling my name, Arun; Wong. Most people stop at Arun.

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

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    “Art that Enriches Tradition: The Bitoda of Brajbhoomi” by Debasish Banerjee

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

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

    9 July 2026

    Listen. A Wikipedia Hole is like a K-Hole for people who aren’t cool enough to do drugs. Plus, you’re not human unless ChatGPT has actively made you cry at least once, ok?

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

    2 July 2026

    Jonathan Han is a voluptuous, kind-eyed, strong man close to your area.

    25 June 2026

    Stewart McKay dreamt of making a living as a writer. You won’t believe what happened next!

    18 June 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

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

    8 July 2026

    K Ramesh offers a kaleidoscopic view of the beauty nestling in the ordinary and commonplace, of movement in stillness and of the macrocosm in the microcosm.

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    “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

    “Exploring an Existential Paradox: Mitra Samal’s Silence Has a Sound” by Snehaprava Das

    17 June 2026
  • Culture - Photo Essay - Travelogue - Weekly Features

    “Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 4 – Kyoto)” by Michael Smith

    5 July 2026

    Considered to be the cultural capital of Japan, Kyoto is home to numerous Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces and gardens, some of which have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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

    12 July 2026

    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

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    “Art that Enriches Tradition: The Bitoda of Brajbhoomi” by Debasish Banerjee

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