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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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    • Issue 1 (April 2023)
  • Weekly Features
    • Craft
    • Culture
      • Faith
      • Film/TV
      • Food
      • Literature
      • Music
      • Mythology
      • Satire
      • Science
      • Society
      • Sports
      • Theatre
      • Wildlife
    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
    • Translation
    • Travelogue
    • Book Review (Till Feb 2025)
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  • ASAP Corner
    • Books
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  • The Writer’s Gauntlet
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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Bewildered Old Man Held Hostage By Imaginary Criminals And A Cat.

    15 October 2026

    Some of my books are set in Russia. I needed to come up with a lot of Russian names so I basically just plundered Dostoevsky.

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    Egregious shouldn’t be seen in public with any qualifiers such as that two-timing gigolo “very.”

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    I’m British, I live in France, and enjoy Russian literature… My natural habitat is camp tragedy.

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    Knight in shining armour. He’s not a knight – he’s a grifter with a saviour complex in an elastane shirt. Chivalry score: Error 404.

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    1 October 2026
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    Nadia Hashimi is not an arsonist, but if she were, she believes patriarchy would make excellent kindling…

    3 September 2026

    I’m doing my best to communicate with people who’ve been dead for centuries.

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