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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)
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Crisp Golden Dosas

    22 March 2026

    Usha Aswath Iyer — Excerpt: Sharada tucked into her favourite breakfast as if she had been starved for a week.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    A Hoarder’s Euphoria

    22 March 2026

    Chandrika R Krishnan — Excerpt: Moving homes is a nightmare for many. More so, for a hoarder of one too many.

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  • Culture - Humour - Weekly Features

    The Snide Sniper

    15 March 2026

    Sadie Kaye — Excerpt: I know I’m not a bad parent because it’s 4.03 am and I’m whispering The Pied Piper to my daughter so as not to wake up anyone else.

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    27 September 2026

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    30 August 2026
  • Culture - Humour - Society - Weekly Features

    Willing

    8 March 2026

    Madhulika Khaitan — Excerpt: Indisputably, there is the will of God. But then, there is also the will of a woman.

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    30 August 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Rabbit and the Crow

    15 February 2026

    Brian Christopher Giddens — Excerpt: Jasper pulls at the leash, obviously embarrassed by me standing there, open-mouthed, staring.

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Lord Shiva in Singapore by Pavle Radonić

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