Simar Bhasin
@simarb_92
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Literary critic, research scholar. Words on words in The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Hindu. ACJ alum @simardecember on Instagram for all things books
Delhi
Joined July 2014
A dream come true! An essay on @SelmaDabbagh 's works, which is very close to my heart, found a home in @WasafiriMag 's latest issue. Sharing the link for the article: https://t.co/mDJaiENvxD Please DM if you wish to read it nd don't have access. Thank you!
tandfonline.com
This essay analyses two short stories by British-Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh - ‘Take Me There' and ‘Last Assignment to Jenin' - exploring intersections of settler colonialism, forced displacem...
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Catch award-winning writer and translator, @AntonHur, deliver a public lecture in London this Wednesday, 29 October. Anton will contemplate Han Kang's 2024 Nobel Prize win, alongside a wider discussion on literary prizes, translation, and publishing. https://t.co/QPwrkibbXM
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A bildungsroman that traces the life of a second- generation Afghan migrant in Berlin, Good Girl’s protagonist Nila explores techno clubs even as she experiences shame at being called ‘alien blood’ by classmates and faces slurs from neo-Nazis... - @simarb_92 reviews Good Girl by
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A bildungsroman that captures a second generation Afghan migrant’s journey from Berlin’s techno clubs to finding her passion in photography
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The Editorial of our latest issue, Wasafiri 123 – titled 'Red Matter, White Page' and written by our Editor, @SansyG – approaches blood as a thematic throughline, flowing through and between the varied writing and art in this issue. Read now: https://t.co/FZAz875wjG
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In conversation with @SelmaDabbagh on literary fiction and Palestine for @utterflea at @htTweets. One of the most important interviews of my career as an academic and literary critic: https://t.co/dDX3QKmGvK
hindustantimes.com
The British-Palestinian author on the role of literature in the face of an ongoing genocide and fiction as the first peg leading to greater awareness
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In conversation with @SelmaDabbagh on literary fiction and Palestine for @utterflea at @htTweets. One of the most important interviews of my career as an academic and literary critic: https://t.co/dDX3QKmGvK
hindustantimes.com
The British-Palestinian author on the role of literature in the face of an ongoing genocide and fiction as the first peg leading to greater awareness
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Structured in the qissa format, the author's debut novel blends fact and fiction to paint a picture of the current political climate
indianexpress.com
Structured in the qissa format, the author's debut novel blends fact and fiction to paint a picture of the current political climate
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My interview with one of my favourite contemporary writers, @GurnaikJohal on his debut full length novel, Saraswati for @IndianExpress
https://t.co/AJvlDdPZnR
indianexpress.com
Structured in the qissa format, the author's debut novel blends fact and fiction to paint a picture of the current political climate
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Author #SanjenaSathian speaks with @htTweets’ @simarb_92 about her latest novel, #GoddessComplex— on millennials being susceptible to cultic thinking, the mother-daughter dynamic, and more. Read here: https://t.co/Z14PM1eQQx
#READWithHarperCollins
hindustantimes.com
The author of Goddess Complex on millennials being susceptible to cultic thinking, the mother-daughter dynamic, and her novel’s handling of the visceral experience of being a woman in her “reproduc...
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#BookReview | With a protagonist who ponders about motherhood, this is a novel that is simultaneously witty and devastating in its truth telling Continue reading #HTPremium story ✨ https://t.co/Gk0JBnzNQV (✍️@simarb_92)
hindustantimes.com
With a protagonist who ponders about motherhood, this is a novel that is simultaneously witty and devastating in its truth telling
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In conversation with Gold Diggers author Sanjena Sathian on her new book Goddess Complex for @utterflea at @htTweets
@HarperCollinsIN
https://t.co/yEqAc7jmrv
hindustantimes.com
The author of Goddess Complex on millennials being susceptible to cultic thinking, the mother-daughter dynamic, and her novel’s handling of the visceral experience of being a woman in her “reproduc...
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“There’s a very thin line between utopia and cults” - Sanjena Sathian, author, Goddess Complex talks to @simarb_92
https://t.co/tzh3xyLGa7
hindustantimes.com
The author of Goddess Complex on millennials being susceptible to cultic thinking, the mother-daughter dynamic, and her novel’s handling of the visceral experience of being a woman in her “reproduc...
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The #Delhi my grandparents made their own, where they raised mum & the Delhi I live in are so different. Unlike them, I have no pleasant memories of walking in the city. My colleagues @snehilsinha27 @aaditya_writes went walking & came back with horrifying stories of civic apathy.
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The weekend is nearly upon us — the perfect time to do your final edits and enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize! Entries open to writers in fiction, life writing, and poetry based anywhere in the world. All your FAQs answered here:
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Awarded Highly Commended in the 2024 Wasafiri Essay Prize for her paper on Selma Dabbagh's short fiction, @simarb_92 speaks to us about her scholarship, championing Palestinian literature, love and desire as anticolonial forces, and more. https://t.co/ypB4ch7005
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We’re proud to announce that #Saraswati by @GurnaikJohal has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize! Thanks to all the @waterstones booksellers for their support, and congrats to Gurnaik and the other shortlisted authors ✨ Signed copy: https://t.co/p0n0zF6OvA
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We are #SuitablyBooked with @iamrana’s debut historical novel, A Firestorm in Paradise, this month. And we can’t wait to discuss the book with her, & @utterflea, on the 28 June at @IHCDelhi OR online. Are you a member of #SuitablyBooked? Register today: https://t.co/WFteOJebP9
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It gives us great pleasure to announce that Suitably Booked's first book in the second season will be the A Firestorm In Paradise by Rana Safvi. Members of Suitably Booked will meet at Gulmohar,...
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We have three more exciting events left for June: 🗓️ A roundtable discussion with @Vanessa_Kisuule, @sarahlasoye, @IrenosenOkojie, and Rivers Solomon 🗓️ A pitching workshop with @sawadhussain 🗓️ A conversation between Ruby Hembrom and R T Samuel https://t.co/JGpFW33SRV
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The full essay will be published in our upcoming autumn issue, Wasafiri 123. If you’re an early-career researcher (incl. PhD students), submit to the 2025 Wasafiri Essay Prize by 30 JUNE, to win publication, cash, mentoring, & a Wasafiri subscription. https://t.co/mseaINgThL
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