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The Pegasus Affair

Vol 1 Issue 3 | October-December 2021 The Pegasus Affair Story by Anushka Jain | Art by Rai   If you have been keeping abreast of the news cycle, you may have heard recent groundbreaking revelations made by an international consortium of news organisations, including India’s The Wire, about the extent to which illegal technological […]

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Playing with Bats

Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Playing with Bats Story by Annie Sen Gupta | Art by Rohit Karandadi   This story uses a real-life narrative to show how everyday lives – innocent lives – can be affected by goings-on in which they have no say. The Ebola virus Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly […]

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‘Making It’ Isn’t Easy

Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 ‘Making It’ Isn’t Easy Story by Sheela Jaywant | Art by Priya Kuriyan Ever observe dogs, cats, crows and even plants? I do. All living things seem to have their own individual personalities. Some work hard, some shirk work, others are happy-go-lucky, a few are the serious types. […]

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Under The Snake’s Belly

Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Under The Snake’s Belly Story by Salil Chaturvedi | Art by Charbak Dipta   यह शहर जब सोता है यह शहर जब सोता है ना जाने मुझे क्या होता है नज़र जाती है फुटपाथों पर सोती हुई उन लाशों पर जो सुबह जग जाती हैं किसी काम में […]

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Roots

Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Roots Story by CG Salamander | Art by Lokesh Khodke   Uprooted There’s this story about my great grandfather. When he was fourteen or perhaps fifteen, he was tied to a tree and beaten within an inch of his life, all because he wanted to do away with […]

Volume 1 Issue 1 April-June 2021

Volume 1 Issue 1 April-June 2021 The Plague Doctor’s Apprentice harks back to 17th-century Italy to comment on our 21st-century pandemic. Love for Dummies toys with the notion of what happens when AI-powered dummies have thoughts about art and love. The inhabitants of the City of Astronomers ponder the universe. We contrast two hospital implements […]

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Love for Dummies

Vol 1 Issue 1 | April-June 2021 Love for Dummies Story by Venita Coelho | Art by Pia Alize Hazarika Love for Dummies explores a post-human cityscape, in which the clever machines that humans leave behind wander around in an endless loop, until a pair of crash test dummies are accidentally confronted by art. How […]