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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)
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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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    “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
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “The Poetry of Inner Landscapes: Neera Kashyap’s The Art of Unboxing” by Anjana Basu

    22 May 2026

    The Art of Unboxing is a debut collection of poems drawn from a decade of reading, writing and reviewing poetry. The poems move beyond the visible world to explore deeper questions of life, identity, and existence.

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    “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

    “As Strong as a Yak: Review of Jess Butterworth’s Running on the Roof of the World” by Sandhyaa Venkatachalam

    2 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    We’ll Be Fine, Probably

    17 May 2026

    Deepthi Arun Kumar — Excerpt: We admit, / doctors are gross, / inventive but disgusting. / We’d have it no other way.

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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

    Roses are Red, Poems are Better

    17 May 2026

    Lena Hadley — Excerpt: But you’ve overtaken / My criminal wishes / Now I adorn all my threats / With love hearts and kisses

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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
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    Making Sense: Absurd Theatre by Suchita Parikh-Mundul

    12 May 2026

    Chitra Kalyani — Excerpt: A series of poems trace the body—breasts and spine, eye and tooth—reconciling it with its nature: physical, biological, mortal.

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    “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

    “As Strong as a Yak: Review of Jess Butterworth’s Running on the Roof of the World” by Sandhyaa Venkatachalam

    2 October 2026
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