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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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  • Culture - Film/TV - Society - Weekly Features

    Cruel Sentimentalism

    27 April 2025

    Anna Nguyen — Excerpt: I remember reading on the forums how Maggie betrayed her fans in China. Because she married a white man.

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  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    Of Beauty in the Quotidian

    16 March 2025

    Aditi Yadav — Excerpt: You live always in motion—onward, forward. But never quite perfect—just as the circle doesn’t really get a final closure, reminding us of our limitations and transient existence.

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  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    MIDAS

    26 January 2025

    Surabhi Katyal — Excerpt: I would never tell anybody about MIDAS and my score. I was sure the result was enough to send me home. And I did not want that.

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  • Culture - Film/TV - Music - Weekly Features

    Ghosts on the Radio

    26 January 2025

    Damayanti Saha — Excerpt: I could feel Aishwarya Rai’s smile on one note, an eyebrow raised, and excitedly but mistakenly remembered Dola Re.

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  • Culture - Humour - Music - Weekly Features

    There Are Way Too Many Obits for Rock Musicians

    12 January 2025

    Michael Fowler — Excerpt: You might say I was born to rock, or at least reached puberty to rock.

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this week

Sourav Chatterjee relates a tale of great expectations of a bleak house in hard times, and R Karthik locates “God’s favourite children” in the grand scheme of things.

The Cabal by Sourav Chatterjee

The Utter Irrelevance of Human Lives by R Karthik

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Issue 4 (April 2025)

Best Small Fiction 2025 Nominations

Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

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upcoming weekly features

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, Humour, May 18
Garrett Berberich, Humour, May 18

Anthony Kane Evans, Humour, May 25
Sherry Morris, Humour, May 25

Mark Daniel Taylor, Humour, June 1
Candice Kelsey, Humour, June 1

Brian Christopher Giddens, Humour, June 8
Gary Finnegan, Culture/Humour, June 8

Roger Chapman, Humour, June 15
Bhartrihari, translated by Louis Hunt, Translation, June 15

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, June 22
Bidisha Satpathy, Humour, June 22

Maureen Tai, Culture/Humour, June 29
Saraswati Nagpal, Humour, June 29

James Sennott and Alba Blanco, Humour, July 6
Amita Basu, Humour, July 6

Dustin Vann, Culture Essay, July 13
Mark McConville, Culture Essay / Music Review, July 13

Barnali Ray Shukla, Humour, July 20
Zoé Mahfouz, Humour, July 20

Elizabeth Barton, Humour, July 27
Chayanika Saikia, Photo Essay, July 27

Susnata Karmakar, Photo Essay, Aug 3
Panna Naik, translated by Rohee Dholakia, Translation, Aug 3

D.C. Nobes, Humour, Aug 10
Samiksha Ransom, Humour, Aug 10

Z. M. Asafzah, Culture/Music/Mythology/Review, Aug 17
Jer Hayes, Culture Essay, Aug 17

Kira Córdova, Culture/Humour, Aug 24
Jim Hohenbary, Culture/Science, Aug 24

Rafaela Kottou, Culture/Travel/Food, Aug 31
Raka Banerjee, Culture/Travel, Aug 31

Mary Buchanan Sellers, Culture, Sept 7
Cate LeBrun, Culture, Sept 7

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Sept 14
Marshall Moore, Culture/Travel, Sept 14

Sydney’s Guard, Culture/Music, Sept 21
Guinotte Wise, Culture/Craft, Sept 21

Rakhima Imanaliyeva, Travelogue, Sept 28
John Haymaker, Travelogue, Sept 28

Ayushi Kainthola, Culture, Oct 5
Shobha Ramani, Culture/Food, Oct 5

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Oct 12
Michael Smith, Travelogue/Photo Essay, Oct 12

Alice Moon, Humour, Oct 19
Sarp Sozdinler, Humour, Oct 19

Johnny Roach, Humour, Oct 26
Tim Frank, Humour, Oct 26

Sumitra Singam, Humour, Nov 2
Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, Humour, Nov 2

Mojaffor Hossain, translated by Rituparna Mukherjee, Translation, Nov 9
Arpita Bhawal, Humour, Nov 9

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