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The fifth anniversary issue of DoubleSpeak marks a moment of continuity within an ever-widening field of exchange. This edition brings together contributions from India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria, Uganda, France, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Italy, Russia, China, and Uzbekistan, alongside voices from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal—reminding us that creative practice often moves with a freedom that political realities do not always permit. Across these pages, distinctions of geography, profession, and experience dissolve: emerging writers appear alongside seasoned practitioners; students share space with educators, researchers, and independent artists working across forms. The works—ranging from poetry and fiction to visual explorations—move between interior reflections and broader social contexts, without settling into a single mode or position. What holds the issue together is not thematic uniformity but a shared inclination towards articulation and exchange. At five years, DoubleSpeak has come to resemble less a fixed publication and more an evolving constellation of voices—sustained by participation, shaped by difference, and grounded in the continuing possibility that language and image can create spaces of attention beyond the limits of place and moment.
List of Contributors for March 2026 issue
| Featured – Celebrating 100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak |
| Jagaddal, Or The Persistence Of Rust |
| Ghatak’s Grain & Grief |
DoubleSpeak is a literary magazine which is edited for quality and integrity, and it is absolutely free. Guided strongly by the values of free-expression, academic honesty and equality of all individuals, the magazine aims to maintain a platform where voices from various sources will have a larger audience. We hope that the unadulterated joy of finding new things within and around us, will remain the main focus of our team.
The editorial team is a group of enthusiastic volunteers who are successful professionals in their own fields. Learn more about the team members and the idea of DoubleSpeak. Also go through our policies, which undoubtedly are the simplest among the ones you would find anywhere
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