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To give a call is one of the most basic impulses of stimulating human connection. It is the moment we decide that a story, an observation, or a reflection can no longer be carried in silence. We find ourselves calling out to recount the events that have shaped us, both in the quiet corners of our private and collective lives. As we call, tell our stories, and listen to others’ responses, we reflect on our ideas and plan our actions. We look back as we plan the way forward. Thus, the calling is an act of engaging with the ever-evolving past, present, and the future.

We are especially delighted, as we celebrate the 25th edition of हाकारा । hākārā, to explore the diverse forms and expressions of ‘हाक । Call’, the essence of our title. 

We call in response to something that has happened. It could be an event that feels so significant, so strange, or so transformative that it demands to be named and shared. We seek to have our reality confirmed, reaching out to the ‘other’ to ask if they too, felt the ‘same’ or felt the change. In this exchange, we look for resonance, confirmation, validation, or an assurance. When we seek the views of others on our own lived experiences, we are not just looking for agreement; we are looking for the missing pieces of a puzzle. 

We welcome you to reflect on the nature of a call and the act of calling. 

How do we call for individuals or societies amidst a shifting socio-political landscape? How have calls to events, either small or grand, redefined our sense of ‘self’ and our relationship with ‘other’? As thinkers and creators, what is our response to a call that has been unheard or silenced by manipulative individuals, systems, or the State? What does it mean to call for a world that does not yet exist?

Accepting Submissions for: Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Visual Narratives, Art Criticism, Book Reviews, Cultural Criticism or Translations.

Submission Deadline: 25th March 2026.

Publication: May 2026.

Submission Guidelines: You can read the detailed submission guidelines given here. Please use the following link to the google form to send us your work. We are not accepting email submissions.

Ashutosh Potdar
Editor, हाकारा | hākārā

Pallavi Singh
Assistant Editor, हाकारा | hākārā

Executive Editorial Board: Anagha Mandavkar,  Satya Gummuluri, Sohnee Harshey, and Mayur Salgar. 

Editorial Support: Asmita Choudhury. 

Submission Guidelines

  1. In response to the primary focus of the upcoming edition of हाकारा । hākārā, we welcome contributions that take on new and innovative forms and new ideas not previously analyzed or that extend beyond an older conversation in the field of creative expression and/or enquiry.
  2. हाकारा | hākārā is a peer-reviewed journal. Being an online journal, we accept only electronic submissions.
  3. The written work has to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (as .doc and Not PDF or any other format), and be double-spaced text in 12 pt Times New Roman font as an attachment. For the text in Marathi, please follow Unicode format. If the contributor wants to maintain a certain style in presenting work, please inform Hakara Editors while submitting the work.
  4. The image size has to be 150 dpi or more in resolution for visual work submission. Additionally, If you wish to submit your work to the ‘Panorama’ section, images must be at least 1000×600 pixels. Please share details of artworks including title, medium, size and year. In case, the images included do not belong to the contributor, the contributor should provide a source of the images.
  5. Please don’t send video files to be included in the submitted narrative. We can provide links to the video work uploaded on Vimeo, YouTube or other platforms that can be openly accessed.
  6. We require a title page with the contributor’s contact information, a short abstract and a contributor’s bio as part of the submission process.
  7. Submissions must not be previously published nor should they be submitted for publication elsewhere while being reviewed by हाकारा । hākārā’s Editorial Board or outside reviewers.
  8. For the submission of research articles/essays(2500-3000 words), please follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) style. The contributors are requested to verify facts, names of people, places, and dates, and double-check all direct quotations and entries, and images in the Works Cited list.
  9. We request the contributor to obtain permission for illustrations, and images from the concerned to be used in submission. Also, translators submitting their work should seek necessary permission from the original writer/publisher if the work will be accepted by हाकारा । hākārā for the publication.
  10. Contributors would hear from the हाकारा । hākārā team a month after the submission regarding the decision on consideration of the work.
  11. For accepted contributions, हाकारा । hākārā Editors would be happy to work with contributors, if required, in finalising the work before its publication.
  12. Copyright remains with the contributor. However, if work on हाकारा । hākārā has been published elsewhere again in print or electronic format, we request the acknowledgement stating that the work was first published in हाकारा । hākārā, an online bilingual journal of creative expression published in English and Marathi. Visit www.hakara.in.
  13. At this stage, हाकारा । hākārā cannot pay contributors. But, we are seeking financial support that may help us pay our contributors in future.
  14. For any queries and submissions, please e-mail us: info@hakara.in
  15. हाकारा । hākārā: ISSN 2581-9976: Included in the University Grants Commission (UGC) CARE-LIST.
  16. We don’t charge any fees to get the literature/art published in हाकारा । hākārā.