Elnathan John
@elnathanjohn.bsky.social
Novelist | Satirist |L⃥i⃥a⃥r⃥Lawyer |Book 1: http://cutt.ly/ocw2krG |Book2: http://amzn.to/31MexEN |Book3: http://amzn.to/2FoS5Yr | Substack: http://elnathanjohn.substack
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
On #Dhamendra, Bollywood and northern Nigeria.
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On #Dhamendra, Bollywood and northern Nigeria.
I was raised to fear the term ɗan iska—literally, son of the wind (plural: ‘yan iska). It meant trouble: vagabond, deviant, an immoral, undisciplined child of the air. To be ‘yar iska was to be a woman who did not know her place, who laughed too loudly…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I was raised to fear the term ɗan iska—literally, son of the wind (plural: ‘yan iska). It meant trouble: vagabond, deviant, an immoral, undisciplined child of the air. To be ‘yar iska was to be a woman who did not know her place, who laughed too loudly…
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