What it is
Quarterly · English and Urdu
- Writing about the expectations families, neighbours and institutions place on a life
- Poetry, essays, short fiction, satire and reported personal narrative
- Marriage, money, ambition, reputation, gender, class, and the cost of choosing differently
- Written in English or Urdu, by writers at any stage of their work
- Argument, humour and quiet refusal all belong here, not only anger
The editions
Every edition, newest first
Each edition gathers new writing around the theme, in print and digital.
Open for submissions now
Kya Ham Azaad Hain?
An Independence Day edition on freedom, published every 14 August.
Deadline
9 August 2026
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Send your work to Log Kya Kahenge?.
Send one original piece for a coming edition. You keep the rights to your work, and every submission is read by our editorial team.