Natasha Badhwar
@natashabadhwar.bsky.social
writer, teacher, film-maker
lover, crier, enthusiastic about most things
autistic, artistic, anagelistic
lover, crier, enthusiastic about most things
autistic, artistic, anagelistic
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Europe has a message for Elmo.
January 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Europe has a message for Elmo.
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#ShowMeYourKnits week 22: year-end edition. FAVOURITE knit from this year 🧶
Even though I make Crocheted amigurumis all the time, I didnt think I would be able to knit one. Love this one and his calming presence around me. 🥰♥️
Even though I make Crocheted amigurumis all the time, I didnt think I would be able to knit one. Love this one and his calming presence around me. 🥰♥️
December 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits week 22: year-end edition. FAVOURITE knit from this year 🧶
Even though I make Crocheted amigurumis all the time, I didnt think I would be able to knit one. Love this one and his calming presence around me. 🥰♥️
Even though I make Crocheted amigurumis all the time, I didnt think I would be able to knit one. Love this one and his calming presence around me. 🥰♥️
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🧶 #knitting - Every time I block a lace shawl, I usually end up saying "I won't do this again anytime soon". But then I see something glorious and jump right into the same pit again. Regrowth is growing quite big and makes me worry about how I am going to block it.😬
Anyway, we are leafing
#knitsky
Anyway, we are leafing
#knitsky
December 28, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Fascinating essay by @kikumbhar.bsky.social
Should be on your weekend reading list.
historyprofessor.in/2024/12/24/h...
Should be on your weekend reading list.
historyprofessor.in/2024/12/24/h...
The Forgotten Buddhist Origins of India’s Ayurvedic Medicine
And how the history of Ayurveda intersects with the history of caste Glass specimen jar of gum ghatti, India, 1830–1930. Credit: Science Museum, London; Image downloaded from Wellcome Collecti…
historyprofessor.in
December 28, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Fascinating essay by @kikumbhar.bsky.social
Should be on your weekend reading list.
historyprofessor.in/2024/12/24/h...
Should be on your weekend reading list.
historyprofessor.in/2024/12/24/h...
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Requesting folks to check out the website "University of History". My attempt - just one among many others by so many good folks - to serve as a helpful guide to how scholarly historians think, analyse and write. Here's a recent article from there: historyprofessor.in/2024/12/27/h...
Historiography 101: Examples from South Asian History
Consider this quote from an article on Indian/South Asian history: “It has been only in recent years that the influence of ideologies on the interpretation of Indian history has been recognized; pe…
historyprofessor.in
December 28, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Requesting folks to check out the website "University of History". My attempt - just one among many others by so many good folks - to serve as a helpful guide to how scholarly historians think, analyse and write. Here's a recent article from there: historyprofessor.in/2024/12/27/h...
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A couple of years ago I worked on a story which I really loved.
Unfortunately, the magazine it was written for went defunct and I was never able to share it. Have finally gotten around to doing so now.
My article on a Goan Christmas in Karachi.
karachikhatmal.com/a-goan-chris...
Unfortunately, the magazine it was written for went defunct and I was never able to share it. Have finally gotten around to doing so now.
My article on a Goan Christmas in Karachi.
karachikhatmal.com/a-goan-chris...
A Goan Christmas in Karachi | karachikhatmal
An essay on the foods with which Karachi's Goans celebrate Christmas.
karachikhatmal.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM
A couple of years ago I worked on a story which I really loved.
Unfortunately, the magazine it was written for went defunct and I was never able to share it. Have finally gotten around to doing so now.
My article on a Goan Christmas in Karachi.
karachikhatmal.com/a-goan-chris...
Unfortunately, the magazine it was written for went defunct and I was never able to share it. Have finally gotten around to doing so now.
My article on a Goan Christmas in Karachi.
karachikhatmal.com/a-goan-chris...
Best wishes to everyone in the land of overwhelm.
Pet a dog, notice a bird, use your phone to take a photo.
Accept your helplessness and let it pass through you. There is lightness in acceptance.
Pet a dog, notice a bird, use your phone to take a photo.
Accept your helplessness and let it pass through you. There is lightness in acceptance.
December 24, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Best wishes to everyone in the land of overwhelm.
Pet a dog, notice a bird, use your phone to take a photo.
Accept your helplessness and let it pass through you. There is lightness in acceptance.
Pet a dog, notice a bird, use your phone to take a photo.
Accept your helplessness and let it pass through you. There is lightness in acceptance.
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True compassion is the hardest thing to embody, but once you do it, it is the ultimate liberator. I walk lighter, when I am not bogged down by the heaviness of anger and jealousy..when I see that the other hurts too, not just me.
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
True compassion is the hardest thing to embody, but once you do it, it is the ultimate liberator. I walk lighter, when I am not bogged down by the heaviness of anger and jealousy..when I see that the other hurts too, not just me.
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First post has to count… my new essay on turning forty! Do read whoever sees this oh blue skies!
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November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
First post has to count… my new essay on turning forty! Do read whoever sees this oh blue skies!
open.substack.com/pub/sanaally...
open.substack.com/pub/sanaally...
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
You can be very good at doing things that are very hard for you to do.
Conventional understanding tells us the opposite - If it’s hard for you, it must be that you are no good at it. Erase this.
Balance self-care and rest with talents that ask for expression.
Conventional understanding tells us the opposite - If it’s hard for you, it must be that you are no good at it. Erase this.
Balance self-care and rest with talents that ask for expression.
December 19, 2024 at 4:52 AM
You can be very good at doing things that are very hard for you to do.
Conventional understanding tells us the opposite - If it’s hard for you, it must be that you are no good at it. Erase this.
Balance self-care and rest with talents that ask for expression.
Conventional understanding tells us the opposite - If it’s hard for you, it must be that you are no good at it. Erase this.
Balance self-care and rest with talents that ask for expression.
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Neha Dixit says YES to #PalacesForThePeople. You should too.
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Neha Dixit: Palaces For The People
YouTube video by The Community Library Project
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December 17, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Neha Dixit says YES to #PalacesForThePeople. You should too.
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Have you tried reading essays backwards?
When I’m interested in something but the craft or structure doesn’t grip my attention, I find myself reading the essay from bottom to top.
It’s very entertaining and I get exactly what I need from it.
When I’m interested in something but the craft or structure doesn’t grip my attention, I find myself reading the essay from bottom to top.
It’s very entertaining and I get exactly what I need from it.
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Have you tried reading essays backwards?
When I’m interested in something but the craft or structure doesn’t grip my attention, I find myself reading the essay from bottom to top.
It’s very entertaining and I get exactly what I need from it.
When I’m interested in something but the craft or structure doesn’t grip my attention, I find myself reading the essay from bottom to top.
It’s very entertaining and I get exactly what I need from it.
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Loved doing this interview with @aswritingsaves.bsky.social! The article is behind a paywall, so I’ll post some screenshots of my answer to the question “Faithfulness or liberty, what should be a translator's north star?” Below…
@shreedaisy.bsky.social speaks to me on the process of recreating a text in another language in this engaging and insightful interview.
frontline.thehindu.com/books/transl...
frontline.thehindu.com/books/transl...
INTERVIEW | We Now Have Means to Actively Build a Community and Train and Help Emerging Translators: Daisy Rockwell
Through her translations of Hindi/Urdu novels, the translator has brought out the best of post-Independence writers in English.
frontline.thehindu.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Loved doing this interview with @aswritingsaves.bsky.social! The article is behind a paywall, so I’ll post some screenshots of my answer to the question “Faithfulness or liberty, what should be a translator's north star?” Below…
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I’ve decided to indefinitely extend FREE online viewing of #FinalSolution, my film on #2002GujaratRiots, and the rise of Narendra Modi, now the Prime Minister of India.
Real #GujaratFiles
Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055
Real #GujaratFiles
Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055
Final Solution (2004)
by Rakesh Sharma; India; 2004 For Individual/ Home Viewing only (not for institutions); PG-rated Awards: Wolfgang Staudte award (now rechristened the Golden Bear…
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December 11, 2024 at 4:59 AM
I’ve decided to indefinitely extend FREE online viewing of #FinalSolution, my film on #2002GujaratRiots, and the rise of Narendra Modi, now the Prime Minister of India.
Real #GujaratFiles
Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055
Real #GujaratFiles
Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055
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Our beautiful library in Khirki has seen too many evictions and too much displacement of members. Please support our campaign to build a permanent building.
The Community Library Project is intent on preserving the space we have created with the community without threat of eviction or external interference.
Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople.
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#PalacesForThePeople #10YearsOfTCLP #DuniyaSabki
Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople.
DONATE bit.ly/3zkINeZ
#PalacesForThePeople #10YearsOfTCLP #DuniyaSabki
December 11, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Our beautiful library in Khirki has seen too many evictions and too much displacement of members. Please support our campaign to build a permanent building.
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from Orwell's Rose
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
from Orwell's Rose
December 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Hello blue sky, harbinger of hope.
Meet a green mango orchard in Malihabad, India
Meet a green mango orchard in Malihabad, India
December 6, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Hello blue sky, harbinger of hope.
Meet a green mango orchard in Malihabad, India
Meet a green mango orchard in Malihabad, India
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Across the world, librarians are united in their understanding and advocacy for the library as a community-building tool. Consistent. Safe. Permanent
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@edrabinski.bsky.social
Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople. DONATE bit.ly/3zkINeZ
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Emily Drabinski : Palaces For The People
YouTube video by The Community Library Project
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November 29, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Across the world, librarians are united in their understanding and advocacy for the library as a community-building tool. Consistent. Safe. Permanent
Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople. DONATE bit.ly/3zkINeZ
youtube.com/shorts/khDyq...
@edrabinski.bsky.social
Say YES to #PalacesForThePeople. DONATE bit.ly/3zkINeZ
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@edrabinski.bsky.social
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Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love
doesn't enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it. - Happiness by Raymond Carver
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
death and ambition, even love
doesn't enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it. - Happiness by Raymond Carver
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
November 29, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love
doesn't enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it. - Happiness by Raymond Carver
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
death and ambition, even love
doesn't enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it. - Happiness by Raymond Carver
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
Everything I love overwhelms me.
I won’t step back from love. I will allow myself to rest. Being sensitive is a strength.
I won’t step back from love. I will allow myself to rest. Being sensitive is a strength.
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Everything I love overwhelms me.
I won’t step back from love. I will allow myself to rest. Being sensitive is a strength.
I won’t step back from love. I will allow myself to rest. Being sensitive is a strength.
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What a high, to find nilanjanaroy.bsky.social and rahulabhatia.bsky.social on this year-end list (And that friends should share space in this way.) #BlackRiver #TheIdentityProject
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100 Notable Books of 2024
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:48 AM
What a high, to find nilanjanaroy.bsky.social and rahulabhatia.bsky.social on this year-end list (And that friends should share space in this way.) #BlackRiver #TheIdentityProject
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Have you written anything strange recently?
You must! Read strange things. Write stranger ones.
Strange is an invitation to follow the path less trodden. A search for something lost, undiscovered. A foray into the mystery and magic of our rich inner world.
Bahadur, the cat recommends it.
You must! Read strange things. Write stranger ones.
Strange is an invitation to follow the path less trodden. A search for something lost, undiscovered. A foray into the mystery and magic of our rich inner world.
Bahadur, the cat recommends it.
November 26, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Have you written anything strange recently?
You must! Read strange things. Write stranger ones.
Strange is an invitation to follow the path less trodden. A search for something lost, undiscovered. A foray into the mystery and magic of our rich inner world.
Bahadur, the cat recommends it.
You must! Read strange things. Write stranger ones.
Strange is an invitation to follow the path less trodden. A search for something lost, undiscovered. A foray into the mystery and magic of our rich inner world.
Bahadur, the cat recommends it.