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    Culture - Film/TV - Humour - Weekly Features

    My Name’s Reacher. Jack Reacher. And I Just Want the Violence to Stop

    22 December 2024

    Daniel Seifert — Excerpt: I carry a little chart of the human body, and I cross off each area where I’ve broken someone’s bone.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Super Squirrel and the Gas Station Goons

    22 December 2024

    Wesley Zurovec — Excerpt: “I’m Super Squirrel. And I demand you let my poodle go.”

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Paimaam Brings His Wife to Delhi

    15 December 2024

    Ravibala Shenoy — Excerpt: Except for this one weakness, Paimaam was a simple man.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    A Writing Escapade

    15 December 2024

    Mitra Samal — Excerpt: When Naaz says something seriously it gains weightage, because she rarely does.

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    Hell’s Kitchen

    24 November 2024

    Billie-Leigh Burns — Excerpt: Steve Irwin takes his place in the cafeteria line. I ask him what he’s doing down here.

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Maureen Tai, Culture/Humour, June 29
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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
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Rafaela Kottou, Culture/Travel/Food, Aug 31
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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
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Rakhima Imanaliyeva, Travelogue, Sept 28
John Haymaker, Travelogue, Sept 28

Ayushi Kainthola, Culture, Oct 5
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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

Saeed Ibrahim, Culture/Travel, Nov 16
Michael Smith, Photo Essay / Travelogue, Nov 16

Sabyasachi Roy, Craft Essay, Nov 23
Kathleen Fullerton, Culture/Society, Nov 23

Mike Nagel, Humour/Culture, Nov 30
Catherine Rossi, Humour/Culture, Nov 30

Sarah Das Gupta, Travel/Culture/Humour, Dec 7
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