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  • Culture - Humour - Weekly Features

    Present Perfect and Other Demonic Possessions

    8 February 2026

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: This piece is by a Bengali who has been haunted, or rather, it is a haunting in eleven tenses. But, it always starts with the Present Perfect.

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    “The Day You Came” by McLord Selasi

    30 August 2026

    “When Nooria Became Noor Ahmad” by Marwa Karimi

    30 August 2026

    “Gen Alpha and Their Pookie Dads” by Jasleen Kaur

    2 August 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    Preserving a Heritage: Sita Bhaskar’s Rukmini Aunty and the R.K. Narayan Fan Club

    3 February 2026

    Anjana Basu — Excerpt: [The] mix of literary history into the present-day narrative adds charm and layers to the book. One could call it an attempt to revive the interest in Narayan with a younger generation of readers.

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    “Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss

    1 September 2026

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    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

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    Weekly Features Submission Guidelines

    3 February 2026

    Fast, Free, Rolling. Please read the full guidelines before sending new work.

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    31 July 2026

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    8 June 2026

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    12 March 2025
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    The Other Epics of India: Gurram Jashuva’s Gabbilam

    2 February 2026

    Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Considering how deeply epics shape our day-to-day life, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to realize how narrow and limited our knowledge is when it comes to epic stories.

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    “Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss

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    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Aghori Monthly — Issue VII

    1 February 2026

    Aditi Dasgupta — Excerpt: At the immediate outskirts of this small speck on the map, there lived a sadhu of ambiguous age and unmistakable odour.

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    “Never in England” by Norma Hart

    23 August 2026

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    23 August 2026

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