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The best Indian Culture newsletters

4 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

bhavinj.com· weekly· Published 28 days ago

A Substack-style personal essay series by a doctor who writes weekly reflections on ageing in India, Ganesh festival humour, and medical ethics around 'VIP' patients. Readers get candid, anecdotal takes on everyday Indian life and the medical profession, with a conversational voice and self-deprecating asides.

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purplebean.in· weekly· Published 5 months ago

A newsletter of stories for children featuring Indian characters, settings and mythology, paired with puzzles, activities and writing prompts. Readers get age-appropriate retellings and serialized adventures that encourage reading, thinking and creating.

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tejomayabharat.com· irregular· Published 5 months ago

Tejomaya Bharat is an opinion newsletter by a writer who argues for confronting uncomfortable truths about Indian and Hindu identity, colonial history and cultural representation. Recent issues cover retailers using Hindu deity names on products, the double standard in how former colonisers and the colonised handle historical memory, and the writer's reasons for stepping back from AI.

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theindicway.org· irregular· Published 7 months ago

The Indic Way is a spiritual newsletter that mixes reflections on temples, yoga, and Indian classical music with promotional invitations to paid sessions such as Akashic land readings. Its issues tend to be mystical and personal in tone, with little concrete, verifiable information.

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