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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)
    • Issue 2 (October 2023)
    • Issue 1 (April 2023)
  • Weekly Features
    • Craft
    • Culture
      • Faith
      • Film/TV
      • Food
      • Literature
      • Music
      • Mythology
      • Satire
      • Science
      • Society
      • Sports
      • Theatre
      • Wildlife
    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
    • Translation
    • Travelogue
    • Book Review (Till Feb 2025)
    • Weekly Features Archive (October 6, 2024 and Before)
  • ASAP Corner
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  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “a gift of attention: K Ramesh’s spinning pinwheels” by Geetha Ravichandran

    8 July 2026

    K Ramesh offers a kaleidoscopic view of the beauty nestling in the ordinary and commonplace, of movement in stillness and of the macrocosm in the microcosm.

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    “When the River Remembers: Umar Nizarudeen’s The Moplah Speaks of the Rivers” by Haimanti Bagchi

    17 October 2026

    “The Geography of Unfinished Memory: Trauma, Belonging and the Ethics of Return in Umair Ahmed Khan’s The Valley of Unfinished Songs” by Wani Nazir

    8 October 2026

    “The Unease Beneath the Ordinary: Review of Geet Chaturvedi’s Scent of the Nameless, tr. Anita Gopalan” by Tarang Sinha

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

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

    5 July 2026

    Considered to be the cultural capital of Japan, Kyoto is home to numerous Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces and gardens, some of which have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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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
  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    “Art that Enriches Tradition: The Bitoda of Brajbhoomi” by Debasish Banerjee

    5 July 2026

    India’s rich and vibrant culture can only be delved through the kaleidoscope of the country’s marvelous village spirit.

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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
  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Mat Ricardo is an America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals.

    2 July 2026

    One of my favourite writers, Clive James, used to say that he was good at “turning a phrase until it catches the light”. I try to do that.

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    Paul Bassett Davies is Writer in Residence, at his house. He’s Been Writing For Forty Years, And He Still Hasn’t Finished. Find Out Why.

    29 October 2026

    Author Investigates Reincarnation, Suspects He Has Been Making The Same Mistake For Centuries

    22 October 2026

    Bewildered Old Man Held Hostage By Imaginary Criminals And A Cat.

    15 October 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “Grief, Love and Laughter: Howard McKenzie-Murray’s This is Where We Say Goodbye” by Megan Kimber

    1 July 2026

    It is character-driven humanity that McKenzie-Murray captures. The broken beauty of a falling feather or an unsent letter. The loneliness of a suburban laundromat.

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    “When the River Remembers: Umar Nizarudeen’s The Moplah Speaks of the Rivers” by Haimanti Bagchi

    17 October 2026

    “The Geography of Unfinished Memory: Trauma, Belonging and the Ethics of Return in Umair Ahmed Khan’s The Valley of Unfinished Songs” by Wani Nazir

    8 October 2026

    “The Unease Beneath the Ordinary: Review of Geet Chaturvedi’s Scent of the Nameless, tr. Anita Gopalan” by Tarang Sinha

    2 October 2026
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