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  • Culture - Photo Essay - Society - Weekly Features

    The God-makers | Festive Edition

    21 September 2025

    Tejaswinee Roychowdhury — Excerpt: Mum tells me that when she was little, she would sit with her knees to her chest all day, watching the God-makers at work.

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    “Gen Alpha and Their Pookie Dads” by Jasleen Kaur

    2 August 2026

    “Perfume Adverts” by Luca Zani

    2 August 2026

    “The Date” by Arpita Bhawal

    26 July 2026
  • Photo Essay - Weekly Features

    Season of Endless Blue

    14 September 2025

    Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Whenever I’m in Japan, I’m drawn to the rivers and longkangs (a colloquial term in Singapore/Malaysia for street drains).

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    “Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 4 – Kyoto)” by Michael Smith

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    26 April 2026
  • Photo Essay - Weekly Features

    Documenting my Cambridge

    3 August 2025

    Susnata Karmakar — Excerpt: To me, it’s a city full of people and their bicycles. A city full of dreamers hoping to live a little better, hoping to expand their dreams.

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    Prayer House of the Gaonkars

    27 July 2025

    Chayanika Saikia — Excerpt: The portrayed house of the Gaonkar family, once a living space, is now a sanctum for the family rituals and cultural festivities, sublimed by spirituality.

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    26 April 2026
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    Fleeting Moments of Stillness

    22 June 2025

    Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Such care and attention to detail is common across cultural sites [in Japan], and is best savoured in the moments of stillness.

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