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Editor, Books page @httweets, Host, Books&Authors podcast. Click on link in bio to listen to 200+ episodes. Personal account. Views not of employer.š®š³
Delhi-Gurgaon
Joined July 2009
My dad late Commander C Narayanan, Vizag, mid 1970s. He taught me to appreciate good writing and to sniff out fakery #Father'sDay
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This week's pick of interesting reads on @htTweets includes a book that challenges perceptions of sexwork, a retelling of the Vikram and Vetaal stories, and a book on the Brahmaputra https://t.co/rMW0nkNAQK
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On the reading list this week is a book that challenges perceptions of sex work, a collection of stories from the ancient text, Vetala Panchavimshati, featuring King Vikram and the vetala, and a...
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Daisy Rockwell: āI have always known that ghosts are among usā - the International Booker Prize winning translator talks to @chintanwriting about her first novel, Alice Sees Ghosts https://t.co/EjdQYchwcd
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The author reflects on their creative journey, intertwining personal experiences with themes of ghosts, caregiving, and cultural identity in their upcoming novel.
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Nobel laureate Laszlo Krasznahorkai: The master of the apocalypse - @pranavi_sharma revisitsĀ Satantango, his first impactful novel, a work as visionary as the ones that followed. https://t.co/u5e1XUPwAJ
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Revisiting Nobel laureate LĆ”szlĆ³ Krasznahorkaiās first impactful novel, Satantango, that is as visionary as the ones that followed
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"Huthuka Sumi has managed to turn the essence of Nagaland into literary memory through a story that normalises disability ā a feat indeed" - @Geekyliterati reviews Giants by Huthuka Sumi https://t.co/20C4sIjzje
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A coming-of-age story imbued with magical realism that captures the essence of the Naga people through their storytelling traditions
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The LACMA Art+Film Gala celebrates art and storytelling. Today everyone loves film, once a new medium for art, still evolving with technology. LACMA is leading us toward the future with its digital art initiatives. We're so early with on-chain digital art! @OnChainMonkey
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Oh, to have the confidence of these dudes. Please send back a postcard from the afterlife (whenever, no hurry at all) so we all know the exact coordinates of er... Valhalla šš
āHinduism isnāt a proselytising religion!ā isnāt a flex It means either a) Hinduism doesnāt have insights worth knowing or b) you donāt care enough about other people to share those insights with them. Any religion that knows truth and loves people will proselytise.
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Caste: A Global Story by @surajyengde etches an unflinching history of the struggle against caste oppression. Dhrubo Jyoti reviews: https://t.co/lPnTLzjz1z
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An unflinching history of the struggle against oppression, which argues that the impact and scope of caste extends far beyond the shores of India and any meaningful understanding of it must interro...
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"Transnational scam cartels from #China see that Indians can be lured to the #scamcities being set up in SE Asia. Some workers are younger than 20. They're kept in closed compounds and cld lose their lives if they refuse to scam. This human #trafficking is continuing at a v large
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@SanjoyHazarika3 @snigdhapoonam Read the @htTweets Books page in the epaper: https://t.co/qkP6SVqDmY
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Serious question: Does anybody else have trouble booking a room on @Marriott's website, like every time? Or am I just getting too old to use the internet properly?
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@SanjoyHazarika3 Also on the page are pointers to this week's Books&Authors podcast with @snigdhapoonam, author, Scamlands; Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud that Preys on the World and an essay on Nobel laureate Lazslo Krasznahorkai's first novel, Satantango
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@SanjoyHazarika3 The lead pic on the page marks the formation of the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on this day 69 years ago
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This week's pick of interesting reads includes books by Meena Arora Nayak, @SanjoyHazarika3 and Swati Pandey
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On the @htTweets Books page today, reviews of Caste; A Global Story by @surajyengde and Giants by Huthuka Sumi + an interview with Booker winning translator Daisy Rockwell on her first novel, Alice Sees Ghosts
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Dr Jagadish Shukla, who was part of the team that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for work on human-induced climate change, chronicles hisĀ life and work in A Billion Butterflies - @saadsye reviews https://t.co/gOS458GnsL
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The author, who was part of IPCC team that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on human-induced climate change, chronicles his life and work
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From Sindh in books: breaking silence, rebuilding memory - @saazaggarwal writes about books on the Hindu Sindhi experience of Partition https://t.co/FFUrThZJci
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While there has been a great resurgence of interest in the Partition, the story of Sindh and the exodus of Hindu Sindhis from the region is still understudied. A look at books on the Sindhi experie...
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āThere is no prejudice that you cannot overcomeā Dance exponent and author of Dance of Freedom; A Short History of Bharata Natyam talks to @IamKunalRay
https://t.co/eehvVrgKDg
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The dance exponent and author of Dance of Freedom; A Short History of Bharata Natyam on the spirit of the dance art, pioneers of the form like her guru Rukmini Devi Arundale, and why suspicion...
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"Wonderfully haunting,The Dragoners of Bowbazaar... is a highly recommended read" - @LamatAyub reviews @IndrapramitDas
https://t.co/mcVNRfwS87
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The award-winning fantasy novel with queer undertones that examines identity and belonging instantly sucks in the reader with its evocative and dreamlike prose
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