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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)
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  • ASAP Corner - Books

    Microscopes, Murmurs, and Mystics — Reading Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome

    22 July 2025

    Anindita Basak — Excerpt: Through its shifting perspectives, the novel conjures an eerie, hypnotic atmosphere — hot monsoon nights, dank hospital halls, the colonial bureaucracy, and whispered conspiracy, hovering between scientific rationality and something more primal.

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    “Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss

    1 September 2026

    “The Strangeness Within: On Rajyabardhan Dhal Mahapatra’s Short Stories” by Kathiravan Annamalai

    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

    18 August 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    Bouquet of Diverse Voices — Bridges Not Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing

    12 April 2025

    Asha Krishna — Excerpt: People inhabiting these stories come from different areas of life but their personas come alive on the pages through their aspirations and prejudices, which then offers a sharp insight into how contemporary society — often how Asian society — operates.

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    “Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss

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    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

    18 August 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    Stories in the Time of Despair — Easterine Kire’s Spirit Nights

    13 March 2025

    Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Recently announced as the winner of the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award under the category of English Literature, Easterine Kire’s Spirit Nights (2022) tells a “story of darkness [as] narrated by the Chang Tribe” of Nagaland.

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    “Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss

    1 September 2026

    “The Strangeness Within: On Rajyabardhan Dhal Mahapatra’s Short Stories” by Kathiravan Annamalai

    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

    18 August 2026
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