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Visual stories that linger, interrupt, and reframe. Work that moves through memory, identity, landscape, resistance, intimacy, archives, and the politics of seeing — across photography, illustration, mixed media, collage, and visual essay.
Browse by issue, by theme, or by mood - and expect to be changed by what you find.
Visual stories that linger, interrupt, and reframe. Work that moves through memory, identity, landscape, resistance, intimacy, archives, and the politics of seeing — across photography, illustration, mixed media, collage, and visual essay.
Browse by issue, by theme, or by image — and discover ways of looking that stay with you.

Art by Fatima Wojhat

Afghan Women

A curated collection

We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women

Artwork by Angela Gulistani (Kimia)

By Angela Gulistani

Downtrodden, yet hopeful eyes meet ours. Though scarred, the bright scarf hints: tomorrow might bring a world of art and...

Issue 13 - Memories of the Future

Visual Narrative: Negative Space

By Mehak Khurshied

Dusty albums whisper of faces long gone. A nose, a shared inheritance, becomes a haunting echo. Looking back, photos become...

Issue 11 - Appetite

Visual Narrative: Seven Stages

By Suchi Govindarajan

A gallery shows drained cups, remnants of halwa. Lucknow whispers of love's seven stages in Urdu, shadowed by grief's mirrored...

We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women

Artwork by Tahera Fasehi

By Tahera Fasehi

Snow whispers secrets to the frozen earth, a stark silence. Hope blooms, though, in dreams of spring, a gentle, unheard...

Issue 12 - Gender & its Discontents

Visual Narrative: Occupation

By Kameswari Padmanabhan

India's spaces echo gender: bustling tea stalls thick with smoke, auto-stands demanding respect, and late-night food stalls under neon glow.

North East Special

Visual Narrative: Daybreak In Uzan Bazar

By Amit Kumar

Brahmaputra's shore awakens. Lorries and drum-laden bikes huddle like students. Scales glint, mouths gasp, and an egret eyes the shimmering...

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Issue 14 - WITNESS

Visual Narrative: Rooftop Dragon Hoards

By Myrfei

Pakistani rooftops brim; junk waits, unseen, for rebirth. Attentive eyes find beauty in forgotten forms, a quiet claiming of overlooked...

Issue 14 - WITNESS

Visual Narrative: Liminal Gali

By Nilofar Haja

Black and white stills from a phone reveal Tamil Nadu life: women's movements, errands, and lineage etched in quiet, intimate...

We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women

Artwork by Tahera Fasehi

By Tahera Fasehi

Snow whispers secrets to the frozen earth, a stark silence. Hope blooms, though, in dreams of spring, a gentle, unheard...

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