''Muse India'' is a literary e-journal based in

Hyderabad, India Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the '' de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern In ...

. Since 2005, it has appeared bi-monthly in a web edition; it has no print version. In June 2017, Muse India was approved by the UGC as a literary e-journal. Its founder and managing editor is G Surya Prakash Rao.

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''Muse India'' is an open-access journal publishing English-language poetry, short fiction, and essays by Indian authors, including texts originally written in English and translations from other languages of India. It also publishes book reviews and author interviews.

''Muse India'' has included work by

Dalit Panther The Dalit Panthers are a social organisation that seeks to combat caste discrimination. It was led by a group of Mahar writers and poets, including Raja Dhale, Namdeo Dhasal, and J. V. Pawar in some time between the second and the third semes ...

activists such as

Meena Kandasamy Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Meena published two collections of poetry, ''Touch'' (2006) and ''Ms. Militancy'' (2010). From 2001-2002, she edi ...

and Gujarati Dalit poet Kisan Sosa, as well as notable writers such as

Amrita Pritam Amrita Pritam (; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of wo ...

Babu Suthar Babu Kohyabhai Suthar () is a Gujarati writer, linguist, journalist and academic from United States. Born and educated in India, he was a lecturer in South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, at the time the only full-time ins ...

,''Muse India'' Author Index - B
/ref> Akhil Katyal, Sreyash Sarkar,

Bharat Gupt Bharat Gupt is an Indian classicist, theatre theorist, sitar and surbahar player, musicologist, and newspaper columnist. He is also a retired Professor in English, who taught at the College of Vocational Studies of the University of Delhi. Lif ...

and Vihang A. Naik. Notable non-Indian guest writers/contributors have also been featured in the journal, including Omer Tarin, Baidar Bakht,

Zehra Nigah Zehra Nigah ( ur, ) is an Urdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistan. She was one of two female poets to gain prominence in the 1950s when the scene was dominated by men. She has written several television drama serials. She has also received vario ...

Marjorie Evasco Marjorie Evasco (born September 21, 1953) is a Filipina poet. She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan and is a supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers. Marjorie Evasco is one of the earliest Filipina feminist p ...

Edwin Thumboo Edwin Nadason Thumboo B.B.M. (born 22 November 1933) is a Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore. Thumboo graduated in English from the University of Malaya in 1956. Although he ...

Kishwar Naheed Kishwar Naheed ( ur, ) (born 1940) is a feminist Urdu poet and a writer from Pakistan. She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution towards Urdu literature. Early l ...

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''Muse India''
Magazines established in 2005 Mass media in Hyderabad, India Indian literature websites 2005 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Bi-monthly magazines published in India Online literary magazines

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