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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    A Dead Dad’s Confession

    2 February 2025

    Frederick Charles Melancon — Excerpt: I can’t pick the beer cans up, but I can change the flow of air just enough to knock over whatever I want.

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    “The Writer’s Nose” by Wawan Kurniawan

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    “Follow the Algorithm” by Brian Christopher Giddens

    20 September 2026

    “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” by Michael Smith

    20 September 2026
  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    MIDAS

    26 January 2025

    Surabhi Katyal — Excerpt: I would never tell anybody about MIDAS and my score. I was sure the result was enough to send me home. And I did not want that.

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    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026

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    27 September 2026

    “In Search of Lost Spectres” by Paromita Patranobish

    27 September 2026
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    Ghosts on the Radio

    26 January 2025

    Damayanti Saha — Excerpt: I could feel Aishwarya Rai’s smile on one note, an eyebrow raised, and excitedly but mistakenly remembered Dola Re.

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    4 October 2026

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    27 September 2026

    “In Search of Lost Spectres” by Paromita Patranobish

    27 September 2026
  • Culture - Food - Humour - Weekly Features

    A sonnet about a 24K gold plated rack of lamb

    19 January 2025

    Stuti Sinha — Excerpt: Dubai’s a destination for the rich / to spend their money, all without a twitch.

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    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

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    27 September 2026

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    27 September 2026
  • Book Review - Weekly Features

    Fishing without a Bicycle in a Changing Country — Prabal Kumar Basu’s A Fish without a Bicycle

    19 January 2025

    Amlanjyoti Goswami — Excerpt: Prabal Kumar Basu’s book of poetry is a book of whimsical fancy, where surreal realities intersperse with romantic yearning.

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    Books in the Time of War — V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night

    5 January 2025

    Heart-touching and resplendent haiku — Daipayan Nair’s the ten hands of a fuchka seller

    20 October 2024

    Riverine Verses — Lakshmi Kannan’s Nadistuti

    13 October 2024
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