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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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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)
    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
    • Murals (December 2024)
    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
    • Wee Hooghly, Issue 1 (January 2024)
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  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

    Through Tea, Forest and Mist: Exploring the Dooars

    10 May 2026

    Anasuya Basu — Excerpt: A road trip through the Dooars in the winter month of January not only invigorates with its crisp, chilly wind and clear skies, but also fills the senses with its vistas of mountains, mist, and lush tea gardens.

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    “Akagera National Park: A Conservation Destination” by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    4 October 2026

    “Journey to the north-eastern end of Deutschland” by Subham Mukherjee

    16 August 2026

    “Peaks, Pine and Peace — A Dream Getaway at Bahu Village” by Urmi Chakravorty

    16 August 2026
  • Photo Essay - Weekly Features

    Feline Frivolity

    26 April 2026

    Sayan Sarkar — Excerpt: I’ve learnt from experience that these little fur balls of chaos can be as loyal and loving as their canine counterparts.

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

    5 July 2026

    Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 3 – Oita)

    10 May 2026

    A Haven for Winged Wanderers: Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

    26 April 2026
  • Culture - Photo Essay - Weekly Features - Wildlife

    A Haven for Winged Wanderers: Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

    26 April 2026

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: The sanctuary is basically an avian Airbnb for the pied kingfisher’s hover-and-dive show to the lazy float of spot-billed pelicans.

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    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026

    “Lord Shiva in Singapore” by Pavle Radonić

    27 September 2026

    “In Search of Lost Spectres” by Paromita Patranobish

    27 September 2026
  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

    A Stone Bride

    19 April 2026

    Rakhima Imanaly — Excerpt: Huge boulders were lying everywhere as if a giant had played with them and then left them in a picturesque disorder.

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    “Akagera National Park: A Conservation Destination” by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

    4 October 2026

    “Journey to the north-eastern end of Deutschland” by Subham Mukherjee

    16 August 2026

    “Peaks, Pine and Peace — A Dream Getaway at Bahu Village” by Urmi Chakravorty

    16 August 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Books

    A Kaleidoscope of Memories: Anjana Basu’s The House the Press Built

    17 April 2026

    Vijayluxmi Bose — Excerpt: The Press published Gitanjali, Shishu Bharati, and the iconic magazine Saraswati, which gave rise to the colloquial Hindi that is spoken to date in Northern India.

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    “The Geography of Unfinished Memory: Trauma, Belonging and the Ethics of Return in Umair Ahmed Khan’s The Valley of Unfinished Songs” by Wani Nazir

    8 October 2026

    “The Unease Beneath the Ordinary: Review of Geet Chaturvedi’s Scent of the Nameless, tr. Anita Gopalan” by Tarang Sinha

    2 October 2026

    “As Strong as a Yak: Review of Jess Butterworth’s Running on the Roof of the World” by Sandhyaa Venkatachalam

    2 October 2026
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Akagera National Park: A Conservation Destination by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

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