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    Season of Endless Blue

    14 September 2025

    Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Whenever I’m in Japan, I’m drawn to the rivers and longkangs (a colloquial term in Singapore/Malaysia for street drains).

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    Documenting my Cambridge

    3 August 2025

    Susnata Karmakar — Excerpt: To me, it’s a city full of people and their bicycles. A city full of dreamers hoping to live a little better, hoping to expand their dreams.

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    Prayer House of the Gaonkars

    27 July 2025

    Chayanika Saikia — Excerpt: The portrayed house of the Gaonkar family, once a living space, is now a sanctum for the family rituals and cultural festivities, sublimed by spirituality.

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    Fleeting Moments of Stillness

    22 June 2025

    Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Such care and attention to detail is common across cultural sites [in Japan], and is best savoured in the moments of stillness.

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    Worship in Nature

    27 April 2025

    Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: A friend who currently lives in Ishikawa, Japan, brought me to one of her favourite local spots — Natadera, a temple that embraces and worships nature.

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