diff --git a/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe b/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
index f0ec508791..3de9e663f7 100644
--- a/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
+++ b/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 import json
 from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse
 
@@ -118,6 +120,13 @@ class CaravanMagazine(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return br
         return br
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'date': {
+            'short': 'The date of the edition to download (MM-YYYY format)',
+            'long': 'For example, 07-2024'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
         self.log(
             '\n***\nif this recipe fails, report it on: '
@@ -125,9 +134,11 @@ class CaravanMagazine(BasicNewsRecipe):
         )
 
         api = 'https://api.caravanmagazine.in/api/trpc/magazines.getLatestIssue'
-        # for past editions
-        # inp = json.dumps({"0":{"json":{"month":6,"year":2023}}})
-        # api = 'https://api.caravanmagazine.in/api/trpc/magazines.getForMonthAndYear?batch=1&input=' + quote(inp, safe='')
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('date')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            x = d.split('-')
+            inp = json.dumps({"0":{"json":{"month":int(x[0]),"year":int(x[1])}}})
+            api = 'https://api.caravanmagazine.in/api/trpc/magazines.getForMonthAndYear?batch=1&input=' + quote(inp, safe='')
 
         raw = json.loads(self.index_to_soup(api, raw=True))
         if isinstance(raw, list):
diff --git a/recipes/foreignaffairs.recipe b/recipes/foreignaffairs.recipe
index dd0888c5b2..405d598fc7 100644
--- a/recipes/foreignaffairs.recipe
+++ b/recipes/foreignaffairs.recipe
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ class ForeignAffairsRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     INDEX = 'https://www.foreignaffairs.com/magazine'
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download ',
+            'long': 'For example, 2024/103/1'
+        }
+    }
+
     keep_only_tags = [
         classes('article-header article-body article-lead-image article-body-text'),
     ]
@@ -140,6 +147,10 @@ class ForeignAffairsRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_empty_feeds = True
 
     def parse_index(self):
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            self.INDEX = 'https://www.foreignaffairs.com/issues/' + d
+
         soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
         # get dates
         date = re.split(r'\s\|\s', self.tag_to_string(
diff --git a/recipes/frontline.recipe b/recipes/frontline.recipe
index fb23018f18..0655f5745a 100644
--- a/recipes/frontline.recipe
+++ b/recipes/frontline.recipe
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
@@ -53,8 +55,20 @@ class Frontline(BasicNewsRecipe):
             src.extract()
         return soup
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'issue': {
+            'short': 'Enter the Issue Number you want to download\n(Volume-Issue format)',
+            'long': 'For example, 41-12'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
-        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/')
+        issue_url = 'https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/'
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
+        if d and isinstance(d, str):
+            issue_url = 'https://frontline.thehindu.com/magazine/issue/vol' + d
+
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(issue_url)
             
         if cover := soup.find('div', attrs={'class':'magazine'}):
             self.cover_url = cover.find(**classes('sptar-image')).img['data-original'].replace('_320', '_1200')
@@ -82,4 +96,4 @@ class Frontline(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 continue
             self.log(section, '\n\t', title, '\n\t', desc, '\n\t\t', url)
             feeds_dict[section].append({"title": title, "url": url, "description": desc})
-        return [(section, articles) for section, articles in feeds_dict.items()]
\ No newline at end of file
+        return [(section, articles) for section, articles in feeds_dict.items()]