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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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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
    • Translation
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  • ASAP Corner
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  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

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

    16 August 2026

    I had planned a trip to Seebad Heringsdorf. It’s a coastal town right next to the Polish border. It was my partner’s birthday. And this was our first time in Europe.

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

    4 October 2026

    “Peaks, Pine and Peace — A Dream Getaway at Bahu Village” by Urmi Chakravorty

    16 August 2026

    “French One, Seven Times” by Curtis C. Morgan

    26 July 2026
  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

    “Peaks, Pine and Peace — A Dream Getaway at Bahu Village” by Urmi Chakravorty

    16 August 2026

    Bahu village is a sleepy hamlet where the snow-crested Tirthan peaks whisper ancient secrets to the vast vistas of wilderness wrapping them.

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    “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

    “French One, Seven Times” by Curtis C. Morgan

    26 July 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “I Rot with Impatience” by Michael Fowler

    9 August 2026

    I find that the mellowness and calm reflective attitude that I expected would soothe me as I became older has yet to arrive.

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    “Follow the Algorithm” by Brian Christopher Giddens

    20 September 2026

    “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” by Michael Smith

    20 September 2026

    “Never in England” by Norma Hart

    23 August 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “The Day the Stork Died” by Patrick Carella

    9 August 2026

    “Can’t she get pregnant any other way? You know, like, what if they kissed really hard?”

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    “Follow the Algorithm” by Brian Christopher Giddens

    20 September 2026

    “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” by Michael Smith

    20 September 2026

    “Never in England” by Norma Hart

    23 August 2026
  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    “Gen Alpha and Their Pookie Dads” by Jasleen Kaur

    2 August 2026

    The pookie dad is not the opposite of the fathers we grew up with—he is their evolution. But evolution, like parenting, only works when it finds balance.

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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
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