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Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences | Cats and em-dash enthusiast | Books etc at @scroll_in | Translates from Hindi and Bengali into English.
Joined September 2014
Not enough ~good~ Indian writing? That's simply not true. I read 79 books this year and these are my 10 favourite titles by Indian writers. 📚
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RT @arunava: Proofreading time. 600-plus pages. A span of over 200 years. Works by 132 writers. Coming around the end of the year. https://….
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RT @knowleena: "Gandhi used to be surrounded by four-five circles of people so that the colonial police couldn’t touch him,” he said. “Who….
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They participated in large numbers in the Bardoli Satyagraha. But their contribution went unrecognised.
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RT @simrin_sirur: "The doctor never touches the body, he just keeps making notes. I know how to cut open the body and break open the skul….
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Thousands of Dalit sanitation workers across India are forced to perform autopsies in place of doctors. ‘This practice is even worse than manual scavenging.’
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RT @arunava: Women in Translation month is wonderful. So how about we look beyond publishers in the western hemisphere to make our reading….
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RT @knowleena: From costing precious time that workers don't have to spare, to being built from cheaper materials that often malfunction. T….
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As the city undergoes a redevelopment boom, separate lifts are becoming commonplace in the city. Scholars argue it represents a violation of workers’ rights.
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RT @sighyush: In 43 out of 243 assembly seats in Bihar, 60% or more of those excluded from SIR draft roll are women, shows ECI data. Also,….
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In 43 of the 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 60% or more of those excluded from the draft roll are women.
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RT @sharmavaibhav__: Delighted to announce that my book 'Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers' written by Anil Yadav, translated from Hindi wil….
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RT @Fletcherlad: Pune Folks, please adopt this cutie in need of a loving home. RT for reach please!
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RT @arunava: ANNOUNCING! A landmark new series from Chowringhee Press. Interviews with 100 translators around the world, working in and out….
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RT @arunava: This weekend we'll be announcing a new series of books that Chowringhee Press will be publishing over this year and next. Foll….
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RT @alishan_jafri: Major media channels are covering this mass exodus of Bangla speaking migrants as a garbage crisis, how residents of Gur….
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RT @rishpardikar: 🚨Exclusive: Science under coercion. Scientists and researchers assessing environmental and biodiversity impacts for Rs.….
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India’s top wildlife and biodiversity institutes tasked with assessing the environmental impact of a Rs 81,000-crore project on the Great Nicobar Island worked under intense pressure to deliver...
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RT @nakshikathara: I'm actively looking for work in research including archival work based in Dhaka, writing, editing, translation, copywri….
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RT @knowleena: Imagine producing one of the world’s most iconic teas and earning less than the official minimum wage. In Darjeeling's tea g….
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RT @ZamanRokibuz_: Washington Post tracked down two of the three Indians who were among the 78 people detained in Gujarat and later thrown….
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RT @knowleena: "Now all he can do to save himself from being pushed into Bangladesh is to stay away from home." . Do watch @ZamanRokibuz_.a….
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RT @KookCapitalLLC: happy 1st birthday to moo deng!!!!!!!!! it is july 10th in thailand rn where she was born and lives. god's most beautif….
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RT @im_venetian: Our father, who art in heaven, gaggy be thy slay, thy kingdom cunt, thy will be stunt, on earth as it is in dc, give us th….
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