Latest Issue

N°04 2026

Issue 04: Nature_Nurture

Arati Kumar Rao ponders the borders of the sky — "the Ooru skies… a many-splendoured thing" Devika Sundar & Smruti Revati's strange, hilarious critter-lit Daniel Sukumar's lyrical chronicle of his family's battered relationship with the land Rohini Sub...

Rs. 1,250.00 · Free shipping, India & international

Get Issue 04 or get the next three for ₹3,000 →

Start here

Three ways to read LURU

Each issue is a labour of love, and has no ads or paid content. Pick any three, and the LURU tote comes free. We invite you to see the city in a new light.

The Latest Issue

Issue 04: Nature_Nurture. Start where the city is right now.

Rs. 1,250.00

The Next Three Issues

Issues 05, 06 & 07, delivered as each is released — before they reach bookstores, and before they sell out.

+ Free block-printed tote ~~Rs. 3,750.00~~Rs. 3,000.00 You save Rs. 750.00 Pre-order the next three

Most readers choose this

The Volume 1 Box Set

Issues 1–3, our 2025 collection, boxed. This is the only way to get your hands on an Issue 01.

+ Free block-printed tote ~~Rs. 3,750.00~~Rs. 3,000.00 You save Rs. 750.00 View the box set

The Editions

Printed once. Never reprinted.

Each LURU has a different editor, a different voice, a single print run. Issue 01 is no longer sold on its own — it lives in the Box Set and Pick Any 3.

Not sold solo

N°01 Feb 2025

to each their own

Choose any three, and the LURU tote is on the house.

Mix past and future editions however you like. Buy three of anything we print and you save ₹750.

Build your three

3 × single issue ₹3,750

Any-3 price ₹3,000

Block-printed tote FREE

You save ₹750

LURU Love

Objects from the studio

Evergreen

Notebook: Dots & Thoughts

A pocket-sized companion for ideas on the move. Kraft cover, hand screen print, red edge detail — plus four detachable LURU postcards.

Rs. 650.00 Add to cart

Free with any 3 issues

The Block-Printed Tote

Made by the students of Nav Prabhuti Trust. It isn't for sale on its own — it comes free whenever you buy three issues, in any form.

₹0 · Earned, not bought UNLOCK IT - PICK ANY 3 ISSUES

“Every rupee you spend supports great writing, design, photography, and art from the city.”

LURU Magazine · Bengaluru

Look inside

What's waiting for you

Shop the editions →

In your inbox · every Wednesday

The Newsletter

A fresh Bengaluru story each week — the city's artists, entrepreneurs, and maverick change-makers. The only thing on this site you subscribe to, and it costs nothing.