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    The Matchbox by Usawa - October'25

    Jerry Pinto In Conversation With Kabir Deb

    On Literature, Translation And Societal Dynamics

    The Menon Investigation
    Review by Rituparna Mukherjee & Excerpt

    Mother Mary Comes to Me
    Editorial Dedication by Natasha Ramarathnam 

    Review by Kabir Deb & Excerpt

    The Right to Sex
    Review by Anaya Karnik & Excerpt

    Searches : Selfhood in the Digital Age
    Review & Interview by Tanya Samal & Excerpt

    Folie Á Deux
    Review by Rahul Singh & Excerpt

    Soliloquies

    Review by Wani Nazir

    The Dandelions Have It

    Review by Kabir Deb

    Excerpt : Naaga : Discovering the Extraordinary World of Serpent Worship

    Excerpt : Once Upon a Summer

    Three Poems by Sanjana Choudhary

    Short Story : Asleep by Kailash Srinivasan

    Excerpt: In Those Days There Was No Coffee

    The Book of Death

    Rituparna Mukherjee in Conversation with Khalid Jawed

    Rituparna Mukherjee in Conversation with A. Naseeb Khan

    Review by Kabir Deb & Excerpt

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