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  • 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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    “For the Love of Pani Puri” and “Swearing: An Act in Nine Parts” by Aditi Surana

    21 June 2026

    “Trial by Trial” by Michael Smith

    7 June 2026

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

    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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    “A Garlic Pedagogy” by Lina Krishnan

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    “Is productivity a socially acceptable anaesthetic?” by Shristi Das

    14 June 2026
  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    “Chronicle of the Scarred Mountains” by Gunjan Joshi

    31 May 2026

    I wonder what Frank S. Smythe would have thought about the deterioration of mountains today when he completed his climb of Mount Kamet in 1931.

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    “Is productivity a socially acceptable anaesthetic?” by Shristi Das

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

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

    24 May 2026

    When my work bestie, Aleister McMegadeth or Ally as he is known at our Applebee’s, invited me to his concert, I didn’t expect so much ummmm.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “Monkey Business” by Ed Meek

    24 May 2026

    Yes, it’s true that the two monkeys who’ve been arrested for dealing drugs, Munni and Hamid, were living under my roof but let me assure you that I had no idea what they were up to.

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    7 June 2026
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