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Borderless, November 2026

Art by Sohana Manzoor

Editorial

What & Where is Home?……Click here to read

Translations

Manush (Human), a poem by Masud Khan has been translated from Bengali by Professor Fakrul Alam. Click here to read.

A dozen Deehis, a form of Balochi folk poetry, have been translated and introduced by Fazal Baloch. Click here to read.

Chapter 4 of Isa Kamari’s novel, The Throne, has been translated by the author from Malay. We will be running the whole novel as serial through the year. Click here to read.

Ostrich, a story by Kizzy Tahnin, has been translated from Bengali by Rajib Mahmud. Click here to read.

Indifference, a poignant Korean poem has been written and translated by Ihlwha Choi. Click here to read.

Cholonto Kolikata (Calcutta on the Move), a poem by Tagore, has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.

Poetry

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Ryan Quinn Flanagan, John Swain, Shamim Akhtar, Jim Murdoch, Prithvijeet Sinha, Ian Fitzgerald, Md Mujib Ullah, Jim Bellamy, Jeena R Papaadi, Ron Pickett, Pramod Rastogi, William Miller, Saranyan BV, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes

In The Geography Journal & Socks for Bigfoot, Rhys Hughes shares two satires in poetry. Click here to read.

Musings/Slices from Life

Making Home

Keith Lyons muses on what makes a home. Click here to read.

Sepia-toned Memories

Farouk Guslara indulges in nostalgia with old black and white prints. Click here to read.

Secrets in Stone

Meredith Stephens writes of her exploration in Enderby Island with photographs by Alan Noble. Click here to read.

Vignettes of an Immigrant

Ian C Smith recalls his move from England to Australia. Click here to read.

Earth, Wind, and Fire

Jun A. Alindogan writes of calamities and resilience in Phillipines. Click here to read.

A Story of Roots, Hard Work and Dreams

Snigdha Agrawal shares an immigrant’s story. Click here to read.

Musings of a Copywriter

In Linguistic Acrobatics & Orangutans, explores the human passion for big words. Click here to read.

Essays

Naruto, My Home

Odbayar Dorj writes opts to redefine the idea of a home. Click here to read.

Walking on the Razor’s Edge

Quazi Johirul Islam discusses prosody. Click here to read.

Nana Patekar: The Presence That Stays

Charudutta Panigrahi shares a tribute to the actor. Click here to read.

Stories

Loneliness

Umair Khan shares a story set in Karachi. Click here to read.

The Lit Window

Jay Samanta explores nightmares and loneliness. Click here to read.

Zara

Gowher Bhat narrates a sensitive story about a woman regaining her self worth. Click here to read.

A Change of Heart

Naramsetti Umamaheswararao shares a story set in a school. Click here to read.

Feature

An interview with Suzanne Kamata about her life and her recent book, Owls in Ginza and other Stories from Life in Japan, which has been introduced and reviewed briefly. Click here to read.

Book Excerpts

Excerpt from Shibram Chakraborty’s Those Boyhood Years, translated from Bengali by Niladri R. Chatterjee. Click here to read.

Excerpt from Ruslan Mavliashev’s The Political Unmanifest: Or How to Break Out of the Vicious Circle. Click here to read.

Book Reviews

Meenakshi Malhotra reviews Nayantara Roy’s novel, The Magnificent Ruins. Click here to read.

Bhaskar Parichha reviews Meena Arora Nayak’s The Blue Lotus: Myths and Folk Tales of India. Click here to read.

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Click here to access Wild Winds: The Borderless Anthology of Poems

Click here to access the Borderless anthology, Monalisa No Longer Smiles

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Published from Singapore, ISSN: 2737-4688.

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