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THE HOOGHLY REVIEW

Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

  • 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
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      • Literature
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      • Mythology
      • Satire
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      • Society
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      • Wildlife
    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
    • Translation
    • Travelogue
    • Book Review (Till Feb 2025)
    • Weekly Features Archive (October 6, 2024 and Before)
  • ASAP Corner
    • Books
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    • Excerpts
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    • Magazines/Journals
    • Music
    • Remembrance
  • The Writer’s Gauntlet
  • Submissions
  • Who We Are
    • Founding Editors
    • Guest Editors
    • Recognitions
    • Nominations
    • Privacy Policy
  • 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
    • Books
    • Conversations
    • Excerpts
    • Film/TV
    • Magazines/Journals
    • Music
    • Remembrance
  • The Writer’s Gauntlet
  • Submissions
  • Who We Are
    • Founding Editors
    • Guest Editors
    • Recognitions
    • Nominations
    • Privacy Policy

Issue 4 (April 2025)

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Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025)

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

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  • ASAP Corner - Conversations

    Mayuri Chawla Saini in conversation with Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    9 June 2026

    My challenge lay in shifting the reader’s focus from the physical to the metaphysical journey and moving their cognition from visceral and visual to one that is markedly less so.

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    Excerpt from This is Where We Say Goodbye, Howard McKenzie-Murray (ISBN 9781760996437, Fremantle Press, 2026)

    25 May 2026

    “The Road Taken: On Perumal Murugan’s Neduneram” by Kathiravan Annamalai

    25 May 2026

    “The Poetry of Inner Landscapes: Neera Kashyap’s The Art of Unboxing” by Anjana Basu

    22 May 2026
  • Submissions - Updates

    Announcement: Current and Forthcoming Submission Calls

    8 June 2026

    Weekly Features submissions are closed until further announcement. Submissions for our ASAP Corner remain open. And other updates.

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    Weekly Features Submission Guidelines

    3 February 2026

    ASAP Corner Submission Guidelines

    12 March 2025
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “Trial by Trial” by Michael Smith

    7 June 2026

    “The court is now in session. So, let me get this right; you killed a dra…” “Smote, your lordship.”

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    “In Bed with Sadie” by Sadie Kaye

    7 June 2026

    “Wait, FUCKSHITPISSDIE isn’t a Beatles Cover Band?” by Dan Dellechiaie

    24 May 2026

    “Monkey Business” by Ed Meek

    24 May 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “In Bed with Sadie” by Sadie Kaye

    7 June 2026

    Slowly, Daddy (my husband) gains consciousness and wonders why I’ve woken him up.

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    Related Posts

    “Trial by Trial” by Michael Smith

    7 June 2026

    “Wait, FUCKSHITPISSDIE isn’t a Beatles Cover Band?” by Dan Dellechiaie

    24 May 2026

    “Monkey Business” by Ed Meek

    24 May 2026
  • Culture - Weekly Features

    “The Paan Daan Trail” by Saeed Ibrahim

    31 May 2026

    This antique silver Paan Daan, a family heirloom from the late 19th or early 20th century, bears testimony to the workmanship of a generation of highly skilled artisans.

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    “Chronicle of the Scarred Mountains” by Gunjan Joshi

    31 May 2026

    Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 3 – Oita)

    10 May 2026

    A Haven for Winged Wanderers: Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

    26 April 2026
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