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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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    • Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)
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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
    • Books
    • Commentary
    • Conversations
    • Excerpts
    • Film/TV
    • Magazines/Journals
    • Music
    • Remembrance
  • The Writer’s Gauntlet
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  • Who We Are
    • Founding Editors
    • Guest Editors
    • Recognitions
    • Nominations
    • Privacy Policy
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Not So Divine and Barely Hilarious Comedy That’s My Social Life

    22 September 2024

    Nina Miller — Selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

    25 October 2026
  • Culture - Literature - Weekly Features

    Unstable Bodies: Poetry’s Longing For Future

    15 September 2024

    Jayant Kashyap — Excerpt: The poet can only not limit this expanse of poetry: they can give directions to this expanse, but not limit it — that’s the beauty of it.

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    “Food Fairies” by Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’

    1 November 2026

    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026
  • Culture - Literature - Weekly Features

    What Was Left Undone

    15 September 2024

    Shane Schick — Excerpt: Instead, unfinished novels may be more like a literary form – an accidental one, perhaps, but with some recognizable characteristics.

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    “Food Fairies” by Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’

    1 November 2026

    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026
  • Updates

    Murals (Coming Winter 2024)

    1 June 2024

    The Hooghly Review will drop a special issue this winter, and we have a special guest editor helming the project: François Bereaud.

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    Submission Call for The Hooghly Review, Issue 5 & 6: CLOSED

    31 July 2026

    Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)

    15 July 2026

    Announcement: Current and Forthcoming Submission Calls

    8 June 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Lagos Life

    19 November 2023

    Ojingiri Hannah — Excerpt: Baba Shayo lavishly spoiled Kemi with palm wine before they decided to lodge in a local motel with a large signboard that read “no money, no room.”

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

    25 October 2026
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Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’ reminisces a life made magical by unsung wizards, and Krish realises convincing the old man might not be as easy as popping the question.

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