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  • All Issues
    • The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)
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    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
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    • Issue 1 (April 2023)
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      • Literature
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  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “Understanding Humiliation: Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection” by Riya Panghal

    10 June 2026

    Rejection is not your regular book. Very soon into it, you’d be presented with a coltish gaze by the author, checking your audacity of going deeper in the book.

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    “Against Indifference: On the Death of Marjane Satrapi” by Harshita Bathwal

    12 June 2026

    “It’s-ah-Me, the Decay of Attention Spans!: Thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” by Rich Kern

    11 June 2026

    Mayuri Chawla Saini in conversation with Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    9 June 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “The Road Taken: On Perumal Murugan’s Neduneram” by Kathiravan Annamalai

    25 May 2026

    There are only two stories, John Gardner once wrote—a person goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Perumal Murugan’s Neduneram (A Long Time) is both.

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    11 June 2026

    “Understanding Humiliation: Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection” by Riya Panghal

    10 June 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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    “Against Indifference: On the Death of Marjane Satrapi” by Harshita Bathwal

    12 June 2026

    “It’s-ah-Me, the Decay of Attention Spans!: Thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” by Rich Kern

    11 June 2026

    “Understanding Humiliation: Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection” by Riya Panghal

    10 June 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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    “Against Indifference: On the Death of Marjane Satrapi” by Harshita Bathwal

    12 June 2026

    “It’s-ah-Me, the Decay of Attention Spans!: Thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” by Rich Kern

    11 June 2026

    “Understanding Humiliation: Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection” by Riya Panghal

    10 June 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    The Meta-Eco in Vinita Agrawal’s The Hour of God

    7 May 2026

    Alka Balain — Excerpt: The Hour of God opens with a sacred invocation to wholeness from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and this invocation sets the tone of the collection.

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    “Against Indifference: On the Death of Marjane Satrapi” by Harshita Bathwal

    12 June 2026

    “It’s-ah-Me, the Decay of Attention Spans!: Thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” by Rich Kern

    11 June 2026

    “Understanding Humiliation: Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection” by Riya Panghal

    10 June 2026
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