Sindhu Rajasekaran
@sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social
Literary Nomad ~ Curatrix at The Subjective Space ~ PhD in Creative Writing ~ Author & Academic
Books: Forbidden Desire (Simon & Schuster 2025); Smashing the Patriarchy (Aleph Book Company 2021); So I Let It Be (Pegasus 2019)
Books: Forbidden Desire (Simon & Schuster 2025); Smashing the Patriarchy (Aleph Book Company 2021); So I Let It Be (Pegasus 2019)
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My latest book, Forbidden Desire - How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures, aims to undo the deleterious effects of British colonialism on India's rich queer past.
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
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Hostess @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social discusses Anglophone Indian writing, readership & the mechanics of publishing w/ the Editorial Director of Pan Macmillan India, Pujitha Krishnan.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3s84...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3s84...
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hostess @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social discusses Anglophone Indian writing, readership & the mechanics of publishing w/ the Editorial Director of Pan Macmillan India, Pujitha Krishnan.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3s84...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3s84...
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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‘For many writers, loyalty was above all to a region and a linguistic community, rather than to India writ large.’
Granta interviews Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
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Granta interviews Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
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Indian Temptations | Sanjay Subrahmanyam | Granta
‘I understand that there is a temptation to bring everything in India, whether it’s literature, music or art, around to its relationship to nationalism. But as my friends in the art world have always…
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November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
‘For many writers, loyalty was above all to a region and a linguistic community, rather than to India writ large.’
Granta interviews Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
granta.com/indian-tempt...
Granta interviews Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
granta.com/indian-tempt...
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"Aestheticism Now!," a special issue of Genre, is now available: buff.ly/ADPYVfQ
Read the introduction, "On the Politics of Aesthetic Detachment" by Aleksandar Stević, freely available: buff.ly/Ih5tHjD
Read the introduction, "On the Politics of Aesthetic Detachment" by Aleksandar Stević, freely available: buff.ly/Ih5tHjD
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Aestheticism Now!," a special issue of Genre, is now available: buff.ly/ADPYVfQ
Read the introduction, "On the Politics of Aesthetic Detachment" by Aleksandar Stević, freely available: buff.ly/Ih5tHjD
Read the introduction, "On the Politics of Aesthetic Detachment" by Aleksandar Stević, freely available: buff.ly/Ih5tHjD
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did i need a giant fuecoco plushie? probably not. was he on sale for $27 instead of $40? yes. yes, he was.
December 26, 2024 at 10:51 PM
did i need a giant fuecoco plushie? probably not. was he on sale for $27 instead of $40? yes. yes, he was.
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Super excited - I'm speaking at the Manorama Hortus this year!
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HORTUS Festival 2024 Highlights | Next Stop: Kochi, Nov 27–30, 2025
YouTube video by Manorama Hortus
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Super excited - I'm speaking at the Manorama Hortus this year!
www.manoramahortus.com/speakerInner...
www.manoramahortus.com/speakerInner...
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They don't make underwear catalogues like they used to.
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They don't make underwear catalogues like they used to.
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Beware narwhals bearing cease-and-desist letters.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Beware narwhals bearing cease-and-desist letters.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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New book review: “Forbidden Desire is painstakingly researched—… In her effort to reclaim this part of India’s history, she is also creating a revised language of her own.”
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Sex and the Raj
Exploring the colonial plot against India’s queer history
openthemagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New book review: “Forbidden Desire is painstakingly researched—… In her effort to reclaim this part of India’s history, she is also creating a revised language of her own.”
openthemagazine.com/books/sex-an...
openthemagazine.com/books/sex-an...
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In this new Intervention, "Cairo Road", @sarasalem.bsky.social reflects on Lusaka's map as a "living archive" of solidarity, a cartography of anticolonial struggle antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In this new Intervention, "Cairo Road", @sarasalem.bsky.social reflects on Lusaka's map as a "living archive" of solidarity, a cartography of anticolonial struggle antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
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Canada is strengthening its trade ties with trusted partners to build a more resilient and sustainable global economy. From Europe to the Indo-Pacific, we’re expanding opportunities and creating stability through partnerships that share our values.
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Canada is strengthening its trade ties with trusted partners to build a more resilient and sustainable global economy. From Europe to the Indo-Pacific, we’re expanding opportunities and creating stability through partnerships that share our values.
Always nice to see Forbidden Desire on platforms that are NOT Amazon.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Always nice to see Forbidden Desire on platforms that are NOT Amazon.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Engraving of the first printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg.
Image source: Getty Images
Image source: Getty Images
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Engraving of the first printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg.
Image source: Getty Images
Image source: Getty Images
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"I started bringing books with me onto the train, inside the bodega, to the park, just pretty much anywhere people could see me and wonder, 'How can someone so conventionally attractive also have intellectual pursuits?'"
I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I started bringing books with me onto the train, inside the bodega, to the park, just pretty much anywhere people could see me and wonder, 'How can someone so conventionally attractive also have intellectual pursuits?'"
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Do you? Or do you listen to books being read?
Ever gotten AI to read a book & summarize it for you?
Ever gotten AI to read a book & summarize it for you?
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Do you? Or do you listen to books being read?
Ever gotten AI to read a book & summarize it for you?
Ever gotten AI to read a book & summarize it for you?
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Button-Up Shirt Goes On Life-Changing Odyssey Around Dry Cleaner’s Garment Conveyor https://theonion.com/button-up-shirt-goes-on-life-changing-odyssey-around-dr-1828653305/
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Button-Up Shirt Goes On Life-Changing Odyssey Around Dry Cleaner’s Garment Conveyor https://theonion.com/button-up-shirt-goes-on-life-changing-odyssey-around-dr-1828653305/