Sambar Stories -
Call for Submissions & Volunteers

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**Sambar Stories** is cooking its very first issue — and we want *you* to be part of it.

This is a people-powered magazine about **everyday lives of everyday women** — their joys, frustrations, workdays, and quiet revolutions. We’re collecting stories, essays, and visual pieces that stir conversation around the ordinary, the unseen, and the spicy bits in between.

For our first issue, we’re exploring:

* Does the free public bus in Andhra & Telangana really help women?**
* But who eats the leftovers?** (A look into the invisible routines that shape women’s lives)
* Motherhood & small-town life**
* Working from home** — blurred boundaries and everyday resilience
* Kitty parties & community** — gossip, bonding, and survival networks
* Coming out stories** — quiet courage in familiar spaces

If you have a story, photo essay, poem, comic, or personal reflection around women’s everyday lives and social realities — we’d love to hear from you.

**Deadline:** [Add your deadline here]
**Word limit:** Flexible — we’re more interested in authenticity than word counts.
**Submit to:** [Your email or submission form link]

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### ✨ Call for Volunteers

We’re also looking for a few generous hands (and hearts) to help bring this issue to life!

If you can contribute your skills in:

* Design (layout, illustration, visual storytelling)
* Editing (copy, language, or developmental editing)
* Social media & outreach

…then you’ll be part of a small, passionate team building a magazine that centers *real women, real voices, and real stories*.

Write to us at [email/contact] with a short note about your interests or skills — we’ll get in touch!

Let’s make this together.
Because women’s lives deserve to be documented, discussed, and celebrated — one story at a time.

**— Team Sambar Stories**