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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)
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    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    How to Apologise for Being Born Incorrectly, According to My Family WhatsApp Group

    4 January 2026

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: You’ve disrupted the ancestral algorithm. Now your name is blinking. Now the aunties are circling. It’s time.

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    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 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
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    ‘Booked’ and ‘Java by my side’

    4 January 2026

    Rohit Karir — Excerpt: My heart skips a beat when a paragraph grabs hold of me, and the search ends.

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    25 October 2026

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

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

    18 October 2026
  • Culture - Photo Essay - Travelogue - Weekly Features

    Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 4 – Budapest, Hungary)

    28 December 2025

    Michael Smith — Excerpt: The city of Budapest, sometimes referred to back then as the Paris of Eastern Europe, was formed from three separate towns straddling the Danube—Buda, Pest and Obuda.

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    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026

    “Lord Shiva in Singapore” by Pavle Radonić

    27 September 2026

    “In Search of Lost Spectres” by Paromita Patranobish

    27 September 2026
  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

    A Royal Encounter

    28 December 2025

    Sayan Sarkar — Excerpt: While it is true that the beauty of the jungle is mesmerising, we feel a bit dejected as our hopes of seeing the elusive Bengal tiger seem to fade away.

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    “Scandinavian Capitals: A Visit to All Four Capital Cities (Part 1 – Copenhagen)” by Michael Smith

    11 October 2026

    “Akagera National Park: A Conservation Destination” by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    4 October 2026

    “Journey to the north-eastern end of Deutschland” by Subham Mukherjee

    16 August 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Modern Dating Red Flags: As Interpreted by a Birdwatcher

    21 December 2025

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: Specimen 5: The Hobby Cultist. Latin Name: Singulus obsessionae. They don’t date—they recruit.

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    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 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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