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In the IssueOctober 15, 2013

Fall 2013 — The “Politics” Issue

Abstract Still Life by Tom Yoda

Abstract Still Life by Tom Yoda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORS’ LETTERS

A Word from the Editor-in-Chief
Maryam Piracha

A Word from the Creative Director
Moeed Tariq

POETRY

Camp X-Ray
Ravi Shankar

In Memory of Kailashpati Nishad
Kedarnath Singh, trans. Rahul Soni

Meaning
Tabish Khair

Hell Hath No Puri
Jeet Thayil

Lesson 7: How to Dream a Beautiful Death
Tishani Doshi

Geography of Tongues
Shikha Malaviya

Two Wolves, Come Separately To A Wood
Aditi Machado

The Wailing Wall, Revisited
Sudeep Sen

Elegy for the Gold Aunt
Minal Hajratwala

Living With Earthquakes
Arundhathi Subramaniam

Journey / सफर
Prahbat, trans. Rahul Soni

FICTION

The Lowland (Available as a Digital Issue Exclusive Only)
Jhumpa Lahiri

The War At Our Doorsteps (Available as a Digital Issue Exclusive Only)
Sidin Vadukut

The Twins
Kuzhali Manickavel

The Folded Earth
Anuradha Roy

Another Country
Anjali Joseph

Immanuel Kant in Shillong
Anjum Hasan

ESSAYS & FEATURES

Man of Propaganda
Jay Sizemore

Passage Through The Zone
Rhea Cinna

The Rise of Pakistan’s First Comic Book Giants
Ghausia Rashid Salam

USS: The Uncertain State of Superheroism
Mahnoor Yawar

Art’s Place in the Digital Age
Aaron Grierson

SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight Writer: Numair Abbasi
Spotlight Artist: Umer Wasim
Spotlight Potter: Sheherzade Alam

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at maryamp@themissingslate.com.

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.

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