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   Authorship & Originality

   You are the sole author of the submitted work. The work is original and has not been published, posted online, or submitted for review at any other publication. If your piece draws on previously published material you authored, you must disclose this at the time of submission.

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   Publication Licence

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   Editorial Rights

   The South Asian Story may copy-edit your submission for grammar, clarity, and house style. We will not alter the substance, argument, or named sources of your piece without your prior agreement. You will be given the opportunity to review any significant edits before publication.

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   Right to Decline or Unpublish

   The South Asian Story reserves the right to decline any submission without explanation. After publication, we may unpublish a piece if we receive credible information that it contains a material factual error, if it is found to have been plagiarised, or if continued publication would endanger an identifiable individual.

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   Accuracy & Liability

   You are responsible for the factual accuracy of all claims made in your submission. You agree to provide source references for any material facts if requested by the editorial team. You indemnify The South Asian Story against any third-party claims arising from factual inaccuracies, defamatory content, or rights infringements in your submission.

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   Source Safety

   If your submission contains information about identifiable individuals — including sources, subjects, or third parties — you confirm that its publication will not create a foreseeable safety risk to those individuals. If you have any doubt, you must flag this to the editorial team before submission. We may request changes or decline to publish where a safety risk cannot be mitigated.

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   Attribution

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   Data & Privacy

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