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  • Culture - Food - Weekly Features

    “Chef Arun; Wong” by Shruti Goel

    12 July 2026

    I lifted my maroon apron from the cold marble slab. Its golden embroidery curled into spelling my name, Arun; Wong. Most people stop at Arun.

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    12 July 2026

    “Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 4 – Kyoto)” by Michael Smith

    5 July 2026

    “Art that Enriches Tradition: The Bitoda of Brajbhoomi” by Debasish Banerjee

    5 July 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “Grief, Love and Laughter: Howard McKenzie-Murray’s This is Where We Say Goodbye” by Megan Kimber

    1 July 2026

    It is character-driven humanity that McKenzie-Murray captures. The broken beauty of a falling feather or an unsent letter. The loneliness of a suburban laundromat.

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    “a gift of attention: K Ramesh’s spinning pinwheels” by Geetha Ravichandran

    8 July 2026

    “Gentle Reminders on Responsible Tourism: Mani Mahesh Aurora’s Iya and the Map of Gentle Journeys” by Sunny Gavhane

    22 June 2026

    “Exploring an Existential Paradox: Mitra Samal’s Silence Has a Sound” by Snehaprava Das

    17 June 2026
  • 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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    “a gift of attention: K Ramesh’s spinning pinwheels” by Geetha Ravichandran

    8 July 2026

    “Grief, Love and Laughter: Howard McKenzie-Murray’s This is Where We Say Goodbye” by Megan Kimber

    1 July 2026

    “Gentle Reminders on Responsible Tourism: Mani Mahesh Aurora’s Iya and the Map of Gentle Journeys” by Sunny Gavhane

    22 June 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Conversations

    Mayuri Chawla Saini in conversation with Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    9 June 2026

    My challenge lay in shifting the reader’s focus from the physical to the metaphysical journey and moving their cognition from visceral and visual to one that is markedly less so.

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    “a gift of attention: K Ramesh’s spinning pinwheels” by Geetha Ravichandran

    8 July 2026

    “Grief, Love and Laughter: Howard McKenzie-Murray’s This is Where We Say Goodbye” by Megan Kimber

    1 July 2026

    “Gentle Reminders on Responsible Tourism: Mani Mahesh Aurora’s Iya and the Map of Gentle Journeys” by Sunny Gavhane

    22 June 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “Trial by Trial” by Michael Smith

    7 June 2026

    “The court is now in session. So, let me get this right; you killed a dra…” “Smote, your lordship.”

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    “A Severe Case of Nazar” by Rini Sultana

    28 June 2026

    “For the Love of Pani Puri” and “Swearing: An Act in Nine Parts” by Aditi Surana

    21 June 2026

    “In Bed with Sadie” by Sadie Kaye

    7 June 2026
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