Nilesh
@nileshb.bsky.social
Trying painting, poetry translation. Good at cooking. Love reading. Getting paid for product strategy, leadership coaching.
He/him. Mumbai.
Have you read @unmana.bsky.social’s Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd? Bookstores and online links at https://unmana.com
He/him. Mumbai.
Have you read @unmana.bsky.social’s Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd? Bookstores and online links at https://unmana.com
Good morning, blue sky!
March 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Good morning, blue sky!
Happy Valentine’s Day :)
“Love”, Acrylic on 12”x12” stretched canvas, September 2023.
#painting #nilpaints #ArtSky
@unmana.bsky.social
“Love”, Acrylic on 12”x12” stretched canvas, September 2023.
#painting #nilpaints #ArtSky
@unmana.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day :)
“Love”, Acrylic on 12”x12” stretched canvas, September 2023.
#painting #nilpaints #ArtSky
@unmana.bsky.social
“Love”, Acrylic on 12”x12” stretched canvas, September 2023.
#painting #nilpaints #ArtSky
@unmana.bsky.social
All set for this :)
HITCHENS LIVE Literary Salon Readings on Queer Desire with AKHIL KATYAL, ANIRUDDHA MAHALE, SHRIPAD SINNAKAAR, RAHUL RAI, PRAVEEN BASAVIAH, SHALS MAHAJAN, MAHESH DATTANI AND UNMANA 8 pm onwards | 13th Feb
@unmana.bsky.social
#mumbai #booksky #queersky
HITCHENS LIVE Literary Salon Readings on Queer Desire with AKHIL KATYAL, ANIRUDDHA MAHALE, SHRIPAD SINNAKAAR, RAHUL RAI, PRAVEEN BASAVIAH, SHALS MAHAJAN, MAHESH DATTANI AND UNMANA 8 pm onwards | 13th Feb
@unmana.bsky.social
#mumbai #booksky #queersky
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
All set for this :)
HITCHENS LIVE Literary Salon Readings on Queer Desire with AKHIL KATYAL, ANIRUDDHA MAHALE, SHRIPAD SINNAKAAR, RAHUL RAI, PRAVEEN BASAVIAH, SHALS MAHAJAN, MAHESH DATTANI AND UNMANA 8 pm onwards | 13th Feb
@unmana.bsky.social
#mumbai #booksky #queersky
HITCHENS LIVE Literary Salon Readings on Queer Desire with AKHIL KATYAL, ANIRUDDHA MAHALE, SHRIPAD SINNAKAAR, RAHUL RAI, PRAVEEN BASAVIAH, SHALS MAHAJAN, MAHESH DATTANI AND UNMANA 8 pm onwards | 13th Feb
@unmana.bsky.social
#mumbai #booksky #queersky
This is one of my personal favourites — don’t think it works as much for others :)
“Fantasy”, Acrylic on 16”x20” mdf board.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtSky #nilpaints #painting
“Fantasy”, Acrylic on 16”x20” mdf board.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtSky #nilpaints #painting
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This is one of my personal favourites — don’t think it works as much for others :)
“Fantasy”, Acrylic on 16”x20” mdf board.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtSky #nilpaints #painting
“Fantasy”, Acrylic on 16”x20” mdf board.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtSky #nilpaints #painting
Right now, moong dal chila with amaranth flour and flaxseed flour.
February 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Right now, moong dal chila with amaranth flour and flaxseed flour.
As @unmana.bsky.social had pointed out, Shakespeare’s Hamlet had “One may smile, and smile…”. But that reads more literal * — as in it doesn’t mean more than what the words mean (I don’t know if I am making sense), compared to “Smite smite” where the repetition adds something extra.
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As @unmana.bsky.social had pointed out, Shakespeare’s Hamlet had “One may smile, and smile…”. But that reads more literal * — as in it doesn’t mean more than what the words mean (I don’t know if I am making sense), compared to “Smite smite” where the repetition adds something extra.
Haha, very likely! Not an advice but I did find this (image) as I opened the Marizotsav book just now…
Literal translation would be:
I didn’t know she loved me,
I was his but fate played games (/had other plans).
Literal translation would be:
I didn’t know she loved me,
I was his but fate played games (/had other plans).
February 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Haha, very likely! Not an advice but I did find this (image) as I opened the Marizotsav book just now…
Literal translation would be:
I didn’t know she loved me,
I was his but fate played games (/had other plans).
Literal translation would be:
I didn’t know she loved me,
I was his but fate played games (/had other plans).
A painting from 2021…
“Flowery Years”, 16”x20”, Oil and stretched canvas.
#nilpaints #artsky #indianpainting #portrait
“Flowery Years”, 16”x20”, Oil and stretched canvas.
#nilpaints #artsky #indianpainting #portrait
February 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A painting from 2021…
“Flowery Years”, 16”x20”, Oil and stretched canvas.
#nilpaints #artsky #indianpainting #portrait
“Flowery Years”, 16”x20”, Oil and stretched canvas.
#nilpaints #artsky #indianpainting #portrait
February 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Somehow the pictures didn’t get posted the first time!
January 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Somehow the pictures didn’t get posted the first time!
Expected that we can’t buy from bookshop.org in India but weird (and sad) that can’t access the site at all!
#booksky
#booksky
January 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Expected that we can’t buy from bookshop.org in India but weird (and sad) that can’t access the site at all!
#booksky
#booksky
I finished a painting :)
@purnima.bsky.social
probably does the most important and the coolest work amongst anyone I know personally! Ao here’s a small thank you!
“Shining”, Acrylic on 12”x12” Canvas board.
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#indianpainting #portraitpainting #learningtopaint #handpainted #nilpaints
@purnima.bsky.social
probably does the most important and the coolest work amongst anyone I know personally! Ao here’s a small thank you!
“Shining”, Acrylic on 12”x12” Canvas board.
.
#indianpainting #portraitpainting #learningtopaint #handpainted #nilpaints
January 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I finished a painting :)
@purnima.bsky.social
probably does the most important and the coolest work amongst anyone I know personally! Ao here’s a small thank you!
“Shining”, Acrylic on 12”x12” Canvas board.
.
#indianpainting #portraitpainting #learningtopaint #handpainted #nilpaints
@purnima.bsky.social
probably does the most important and the coolest work amongst anyone I know personally! Ao here’s a small thank you!
“Shining”, Acrylic on 12”x12” Canvas board.
.
#indianpainting #portraitpainting #learningtopaint #handpainted #nilpaints
It is #LifttoSky Monday and I’m revisiting New Delhi Love Songs by @mocreighton.bsky.social :)
As someone who grew up with Gujarati and Hindi poetry, English poems had never worked for me until I came across this a few years ago. So gentle, beautiful, simple.
Do give it a try, if you haven’t!
As someone who grew up with Gujarati and Hindi poetry, English poems had never worked for me until I came across this a few years ago. So gentle, beautiful, simple.
Do give it a try, if you haven’t!
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It is #LifttoSky Monday and I’m revisiting New Delhi Love Songs by @mocreighton.bsky.social :)
As someone who grew up with Gujarati and Hindi poetry, English poems had never worked for me until I came across this a few years ago. So gentle, beautiful, simple.
Do give it a try, if you haven’t!
As someone who grew up with Gujarati and Hindi poetry, English poems had never worked for me until I came across this a few years ago. So gentle, beautiful, simple.
Do give it a try, if you haven’t!
@mocreighton.bsky.social feels a nice coincidence that just yesterday I took out your book to read again, and today I saw the notification that you followed me :)
January 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
@mocreighton.bsky.social feels a nice coincidence that just yesterday I took out your book to read again, and today I saw the notification that you followed me :)
आज पुरानी संदूक खोली थी,
तो फिर वो किताब हाथ आई।
पन्नों में तुम ने जो रखी थी,
वोह तितली की छाप हाथ आई।
“Imprint”, Acrylic on 10”x10” MDF board.
This is one of my only two paintings that has ever been exhibited in a gallery :)
#nilpaint #nilwrites #acrylicpainting #handpainted
तो फिर वो किताब हाथ आई।
पन्नों में तुम ने जो रखी थी,
वोह तितली की छाप हाथ आई।
“Imprint”, Acrylic on 10”x10” MDF board.
This is one of my only two paintings that has ever been exhibited in a gallery :)
#nilpaint #nilwrites #acrylicpainting #handpainted
January 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
आज पुरानी संदूक खोली थी,
तो फिर वो किताब हाथ आई।
पन्नों में तुम ने जो रखी थी,
वोह तितली की छाप हाथ आई।
“Imprint”, Acrylic on 10”x10” MDF board.
This is one of my only two paintings that has ever been exhibited in a gallery :)
#nilpaint #nilwrites #acrylicpainting #handpainted
तो फिर वो किताब हाथ आई।
पन्नों में तुम ने जो रखी थी,
वोह तितली की छाप हाथ आई।
“Imprint”, Acrylic on 10”x10” MDF board.
This is one of my only two paintings that has ever been exhibited in a gallery :)
#nilpaint #nilwrites #acrylicpainting #handpainted
Hmm one of that was an unfinished version so foreign it. And adding three more :) #portfolioday
January 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hmm one of that was an unfinished version so foreign it. And adding three more :) #portfolioday
It’s #portfolioday, is it? Amateur painter, mostly doing portraits (selfies) in acrylic. Started painting during the pandemic lockdown and have somehow managed to continue it through the last few years! More paintings on Instagram @nileshbhojani
January 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s #portfolioday, is it? Amateur painter, mostly doing portraits (selfies) in acrylic. Started painting during the pandemic lockdown and have somehow managed to continue it through the last few years! More paintings on Instagram @nileshbhojani
One objective of translating (and posting) poetry here is the hope that it might make me want to read more… let’s see if it works!
* in the photo are two Gujarati poetry books, one of Mareez and the other of Khaleel Dhantejvi.
* in the photo are two Gujarati poetry books, one of Mareez and the other of Khaleel Dhantejvi.
January 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
One objective of translating (and posting) poetry here is the hope that it might make me want to read more… let’s see if it works!
* in the photo are two Gujarati poetry books, one of Mareez and the other of Khaleel Dhantejvi.
* in the photo are two Gujarati poetry books, one of Mareez and the other of Khaleel Dhantejvi.
14/n
I am not sure if it is okay to post a whole poem and translation on a public forum — ethically and legally — but for this one I just couldn’t pick a few lines:
By ‘શૂન્ય પાલનપુરી’ અલી ખાન ઉસ્માન ખાન બલોચ (1922-87)
You can read the #Gujarati poem here tahuko.com?p=1332
#poetry #translation
I am not sure if it is okay to post a whole poem and translation on a public forum — ethically and legally — but for this one I just couldn’t pick a few lines:
By ‘શૂન્ય પાલનપુરી’ અલી ખાન ઉસ્માન ખાન બલોચ (1922-87)
You can read the #Gujarati poem here tahuko.com?p=1332
#poetry #translation
January 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
14/n
I am not sure if it is okay to post a whole poem and translation on a public forum — ethically and legally — but for this one I just couldn’t pick a few lines:
By ‘શૂન્ય પાલનપુરી’ અલી ખાન ઉસ્માન ખાન બલોચ (1922-87)
You can read the #Gujarati poem here tahuko.com?p=1332
#poetry #translation
I am not sure if it is okay to post a whole poem and translation on a public forum — ethically and legally — but for this one I just couldn’t pick a few lines:
By ‘શૂન્ય પાલનપુરી’ અલી ખાન ઉસ્માન ખાન બલોચ (1922-87)
You can read the #Gujarati poem here tahuko.com?p=1332
#poetry #translation
One of the few paintings I could do early last year…
“Zephyr”, Acrylic on 18”x24” stretched Canvas. Jan-2023.
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#indianpainting #acrylic #portraitpainting #portrait #handpainted #nilpaints
“Zephyr”, Acrylic on 18”x24” stretched Canvas. Jan-2023.
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#indianpainting #acrylic #portraitpainting #portrait #handpainted #nilpaints
January 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One of the few paintings I could do early last year…
“Zephyr”, Acrylic on 18”x24” stretched Canvas. Jan-2023.
.
#indianpainting #acrylic #portraitpainting #portrait #handpainted #nilpaints
“Zephyr”, Acrylic on 18”x24” stretched Canvas. Jan-2023.
.
#indianpainting #acrylic #portraitpainting #portrait #handpainted #nilpaints
Best moments of 2024 for me was getting to see @unmana.bsky.social sign copies of Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd :)) I couldn’t be there to with was biggest piles at Bangalore Bookworm but hopefully next time!
#indianfiction #queerfiction #murdermystery
#indianfiction #queerfiction #murdermystery
January 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best moments of 2024 for me was getting to see @unmana.bsky.social sign copies of Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd :)) I couldn’t be there to with was biggest piles at Bangalore Bookworm but hopefully next time!
#indianfiction #queerfiction #murdermystery
#indianfiction #queerfiction #murdermystery