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Concept Note : September 2026
The Age of Betrayal (Issue # 12) Editor : Chinki Sinha Last Date for Submission : 10th September‘ 2026 Concept Note For a long time, we have witnessed betrayals from those we have loved or those we have revered. The one that has achieved almost a mythical reputation is that of Julius Caesar being betrayed…
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Short Fiction : Aishee Karan
A Phantom Presence The wind whirled softly, the leaves swayed furiously, and a girl of sixteen or seventeen strolled down the street under the overcast sky. “Romsha! Should I help you with your luggage?” She heard a feminine voice from behind her. “No Ruchi, I’m fine! Besides, it’s just my bag-pack and a side-bag.” Romsha…
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Sushmita Sridhar: June’26
What might the couple who walk towards me holding hands be thinking? A stranger greets me, and I return the courtesy with a smile. I quicken my pace however and shy away, lest he break the spell the lake has cast, by starting a conversation.
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June 2026 : Poetry
Words come together in delightfully new ways through poetry, fiction and non fiction, rife with irony or pregnant with unusual imagery to say that silence is no longer an option, that celebration of alternative ways of living than those configured by the norm, to create new solidarities and newer languages that are unafraid to reimagine…
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Clean by Addhaya Anil
My father announced his passing years ago, yet some days I feel like I will crawl out of my own body, with my bones cracking from places I never thought of. With that, also comes this feeling that he would come unannounced and ask me to wake up at four in the morning. Some days…
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Garba: Gujarat Culture and Heritage by Krishna Shah
The roots of garba Garba is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘garbha’, meaning ‘womb’ which is dedicated to the worship of the goddess Durga. The history of the garba can be traced back to old Hindu legend that tells of Lord Krishna’s granddaughter in-law, Usha. The way she danced popularized a precursor to the garba,…
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In Conversation with Nani Walker.
Claire Wu in conversation with Nepali filmmaker Nani Walker about her first narrative feature, “Shakti,” which is set in Kathmandu. The film follows a single mother’s fight for justice after her young daughter is sexually assaulted. Power in “Shakti” seldom announces itself loudly. Rather, it appears in quieter forms, whether it’s men’s authority over women,…
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Fiction and Editorial: June 2026
Issue Editorial by Dr. Sonali Pattnaik These are times when writing is one of the hardest things to do. These are also times when writing is one of the most necessary things to do. Power, in the form of Artificial Intelligence, a tech colonisation that greedily guzzles all the water of entire ecosystems run by…
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Reviewing The Dead Fish
Review of The Dead Fish ( Rajkamal Choudhury, translated by Mahua Sen) The Dead Fish Author – Rajkamal Chaudhary Translator- Mahua Sen Year -2025 Publisher- Rupa Publications The word “translation” has its etymological roots in the Latin translatio, which means to carry over. This act of carrying over carries within itself a journey, a “route,”…
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On the First Genocide of the 20th Century
The context in which the original peoples of west-south Africa came to be is very similar to the current geo-political situation of Gaza, where today the Isarelian government is carrying out an operation of generalized extermination of the Palestinian population by leading to the total destruction of a civilization. This teaches us that history has…
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