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  • Issue 15 - REFUSE

    Even when erased, an act of dissent leaves a palimpsest. Those who come after do not begin from nothing; they write into those faint but indelible traces.
    Art Credit - Jayati Bose

  • Dissent Dispatch - July

    This article explores how societal pressure forces mothers to choose between personal aspirations and domestic expectations.
    Art Credit - Hanin Abouzeid, Unsplash

  • Look for a Special Print version for the young readers.

    Then What Happened - Print
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    Jul '26

    Issue 15: Refuse

    Even when erased, an act of dissent leaves a palimpsest. Those who come after do not begin from nothing; they write into those faint but indelible traces. Every authoritarian project shrinks collective imagination through fear; every act of dissent enlarges it. We refuse to accept fear as the price of citizenship

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    June '26

    Then What Happened - Special Issue on Children's Literature

    Through this issue, we invite you to pay attention to the incredible world of Indian children’s literature with us

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    Care, Kinship & Domestic Worlds

    02

    Decolonial & Global Feminism

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    Desire, Love & Inner Life

    04

    Gender, Queer & Embodied Lives

    05

    Memory, Story & Movement

    06

    Cities, Space & Everyday Life

    07

    Digital Futures, Media & Education

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    Land, Bodies & Ecofeminism

    09

    Power, Borders & Exclusions

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