Rahul
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These two beauties are available for pre-order now in the US. The Women’s Courtyard cover is a beautiful painting by renowned Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander and the Tamas cover is an amazing woodblock print by Indian illustrator Anagh Bannerjee.
May 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These two beauties are available for pre-order now in the US. The Women’s Courtyard cover is a beautiful painting by renowned Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander and the Tamas cover is an amazing woodblock print by Indian illustrator Anagh Bannerjee.
Persuasion 1995 is a terrific adaptation. The BBC adaptations are competent, but they feel canonical and contain no surprises. P-1995 is actually a filmmaker's adaptation.
March 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Persuasion 1995 is a terrific adaptation. The BBC adaptations are competent, but they feel canonical and contain no surprises. P-1995 is actually a filmmaker's adaptation.
I wonder how the pen is mightier than the sword, but a paper tiger looks formidable but is, in fact, harmless.
The thing that's been so aggravating about Trump -- has been visible, in fact, since a year into his first term -- is that he's a paper tiger. Appease him and he'll try to take everything from you. Punch him in the face, and he folds, because he fundamentally only respects strength
Not gonna pretend like I know anything about Carney’s politics because I don’t, but I watched his speech yesterday and he essentially told Trump to fuck off and now Trump’s speaking about him with a modicum of respect.
I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
March 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I wonder how the pen is mightier than the sword, but a paper tiger looks formidable but is, in fact, harmless.
Perhaps the most crucial connection between Ghalib and Gothic is that Vlad III, the historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, may have suffered from hemolacria, a condition that causes tears to mix with blood.
"Jab aakh hee se na tapka to phir lahoo kya hai"
"Jab aakh hee se na tapka to phir lahoo kya hai"
Ghalib references Gothic novels in his poetry (1/3)
March 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Perhaps the most crucial connection between Ghalib and Gothic is that Vlad III, the historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, may have suffered from hemolacria, a condition that causes tears to mix with blood.
"Jab aakh hee se na tapka to phir lahoo kya hai"
"Jab aakh hee se na tapka to phir lahoo kya hai"
Ghalib references Gothic novels in his poetry (1/3)
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ghalib references Gothic novels in his poetry (1/3)
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"This translation of desire from the ‘normal’ language of heterosexual relations [...] into the ‘abnormal’ or ‘perverse’ language of homosexual desire parallels Pasolini’s decision to forgo writing in Italian ..."
— @ericracher.bsky.social
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— @ericracher.bsky.social
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Quod umbra est: Pasolini’s ‘David’ and the vulnerability of desire — Eric T. Racher
Une manière d’ange était assis sur le bord d’une fontaine. Il s’y mirait, et se voyait Homme, et en larmes, et il s’étonnait à l’extrême de s’apparaître dans l’onde nue cette proie d’une tristesse …
minorliteratures.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"This translation of desire from the ‘normal’ language of heterosexual relations [...] into the ‘abnormal’ or ‘perverse’ language of homosexual desire parallels Pasolini’s decision to forgo writing in Italian ..."
— @ericracher.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/03/25/q...
— @ericracher.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/03/25/q...
In India, the word halva evolved to describe a variety of sweet dishes, but with sesame seeds dropping out of the spotlight.
Grew up eating tahini and halva and only today did I look into how sesame seeds grew...
In adorably fuzzy, little pods.
#sesameseeds #tahini #halva #halvah #cooking
In adorably fuzzy, little pods.
#sesameseeds #tahini #halva #halvah #cooking
March 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In India, the word halva evolved to describe a variety of sweet dishes, but with sesame seeds dropping out of the spotlight.
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Today is the birthday of American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor, known for her Southern Gothic style and for her exploration of her Catholic faith. Her library, now held by the Flannery O'Connor Collection at Georgia College, has been cataloged as one of our Legacy Libraries! 💙📚
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today is the birthday of American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor, known for her Southern Gothic style and for her exploration of her Catholic faith. Her library, now held by the Flannery O'Connor Collection at Georgia College, has been cataloged as one of our Legacy Libraries! 💙📚
Blackwood's fascination with nature, pagan rituals, and Eastern traditions portrays life as a grand ceremony. Actions transform into a symbolic language that connects humanity to the divine, reflecting themes from Hinduism, Buddhism, and paganism, with the body as a temple and daily acts as worship.
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Blackwood's fascination with nature, pagan rituals, and Eastern traditions portrays life as a grand ceremony. Actions transform into a symbolic language that connects humanity to the divine, reflecting themes from Hinduism, Buddhism, and paganism, with the body as a temple and daily acts as worship.
When reading the Imran series, I was struck by how humour and eccentricities play a significant role in these books.
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When reading the Imran series, I was struck by how humour and eccentricities play a significant role in these books.
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‘No one even sneezes
for fear
of disrupting
peace in Magadh,’
Read a poem from Magadh by Shrikant Verma (tr. Rahul Soni) in the new @thetls.bsky.social
This key work of Hindi late modernist poetry is published for the first time in the UK this October 🐦🔥
for fear
of disrupting
peace in Magadh,’
Read a poem from Magadh by Shrikant Verma (tr. Rahul Soni) in the new @thetls.bsky.social
This key work of Hindi late modernist poetry is published for the first time in the UK this October 🐦🔥
'Interference' by Shrikant Verma | Original poem | The TLS
No one even sneezes for fear of disrupting peace in Magadh, peace must remain in Magadh if Magadh is to remain If there’s Magadh, there’s peace No one even screams for fear of disrupting order in Maga...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
‘No one even sneezes
for fear
of disrupting
peace in Magadh,’
Read a poem from Magadh by Shrikant Verma (tr. Rahul Soni) in the new @thetls.bsky.social
This key work of Hindi late modernist poetry is published for the first time in the UK this October 🐦🔥
for fear
of disrupting
peace in Magadh,’
Read a poem from Magadh by Shrikant Verma (tr. Rahul Soni) in the new @thetls.bsky.social
This key work of Hindi late modernist poetry is published for the first time in the UK this October 🐦🔥
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I have no words to express the gratitude I am feeling. Thank you @parisreview.bsky.social for selecting my translation of Julien Columeau's "Derrida in Lahore" for this incredible honor. A special shoutout to @shreedaisy.bsky.social, @terribleman.com & Kanishka Gupta for their unrelenting support.
We are delighted to announce that Elijah Bailey will receive this year’s George Plimpton Prize and that Julien Columeau and Sana R. Chaudhry will receive the Susannah Hunnewell Prize. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/03...
Announcing the 2025 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prizewinners - The Paris Review
“We are delighted to announce that Elijah Bailey will receive this year’s George Plimpton Prize and that Julien Columeau and Sana R. Chaudhry will receive the Susannah Hunnewell Prize.”
www.theparisreview.org
March 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I have no words to express the gratitude I am feeling. Thank you @parisreview.bsky.social for selecting my translation of Julien Columeau's "Derrida in Lahore" for this incredible honor. A special shoutout to @shreedaisy.bsky.social, @terribleman.com & Kanishka Gupta for their unrelenting support.
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Hit us up, translators!
More on Painkili novels: www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/ke...
😍 the Mohan Manimala style also
More on Painkili novels: www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/ke...
😍 the Mohan Manimala style also
February 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hit us up, translators!
More on Painkili novels: www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/ke...
😍 the Mohan Manimala style also
More on Painkili novels: www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/ke...
😍 the Mohan Manimala style also
In Hindi, I have observed the opposite. A cat is called billi, and when people try to get the attention of a stray cat, often to shoo it away from the kitchen they say "bil bil bil", as if the cat recognizes the sound of its own species' name.
The words for "cat" in several different languages are onomatopoeic, coming directly from the noise a cat makes. We could say that in these languages cats named themselves, or that these languages borrowed their word for "cat" from the "cat language".
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Hindi, I have observed the opposite. A cat is called billi, and when people try to get the attention of a stray cat, often to shoo it away from the kitchen they say "bil bil bil", as if the cat recognizes the sound of its own species' name.
Once you go Nolen Gur,
चीनी की मिठाई आपके फ्रिज से होगी फ़ुर्र
चीनी की मिठाई आपके फ्रिज से होगी फ़ुर्र
January 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Once you go Nolen Gur,
चीनी की मिठाई आपके फ्रिज से होगी फ़ुर्र
चीनी की मिठाई आपके फ्रिज से होगी फ़ुर्र
A Manto question. In his story, Hatak, is the character's name Saugandhi, Sugandhi, or Sogandhi? I have read all at different places. In Muhammad Umer Memon's translation, it is Saugandhi, so I think that would be correct. Aesthetically, I am partial towards Sugandhi.
January 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A Manto question. In his story, Hatak, is the character's name Saugandhi, Sugandhi, or Sogandhi? I have read all at different places. In Muhammad Umer Memon's translation, it is Saugandhi, so I think that would be correct. Aesthetically, I am partial towards Sugandhi.
Kafir Masiha (tolstoy) vs Awara Masiha (sarat)
December 27, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Kafir Masiha (tolstoy) vs Awara Masiha (sarat)
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Meenakshi the translator of this book self taught herself urdu and then went ahead and translated a classic published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind. @shreedaisy.bsky.social FYI.
Delhi's Last Mushaira in 1845 translated by Meenakshi Jauhari, My reading bucket list for 2025. @nandinicsen.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Meenakshi the translator of this book self taught herself urdu and then went ahead and translated a classic published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind. @shreedaisy.bsky.social FYI.
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Cover reveal for the US HarperVia edition of Our City that Year! Pre-order now a.co/d/ajXqBWY
December 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Cover reveal for the US HarperVia edition of Our City that Year! Pre-order now a.co/d/ajXqBWY
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My tribute to a pioneering figure instrumental in shaping the grammar of Bombay Cinema as we know it.
Raj Kapoor at 100.
www.deccanherald.com//entertainme...
Raj Kapoor at 100.
www.deccanherald.com//entertainme...
Raj Kapoor: Relevant Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Pragyan Mohanty pays a birth centenary tribute to the filmmaker who shaped the grammar of Hindi cinema. The showman was born on December 14, 1924.
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December 14, 2024 at 1:05 PM
My tribute to a pioneering figure instrumental in shaping the grammar of Bombay Cinema as we know it.
Raj Kapoor at 100.
www.deccanherald.com//entertainme...
Raj Kapoor at 100.
www.deccanherald.com//entertainme...
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Xueting's Sunday Culture remembers Qiong Yao, Taiwanese author of dark romances, one of the most popular Sinophone writers around the world, who passed away a few days ago. 1/
December 8, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Xueting's Sunday Culture remembers Qiong Yao, Taiwanese author of dark romances, one of the most popular Sinophone writers around the world, who passed away a few days ago. 1/
This new version of "Day of the Jackal" has serendipitously caught us in a moment of the zeitgeist when assassins are cool again.
December 8, 2024 at 4:34 AM
This new version of "Day of the Jackal" has serendipitously caught us in a moment of the zeitgeist when assassins are cool again.
This is one of the drawbacks of having an open platform - its vulnerable to bots.
this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal
December 3, 2024 at 10:27 PM
This is one of the drawbacks of having an open platform - its vulnerable to bots.