Literary critic, research scholar. Words on words in Hindustan Times, TNIE, Indian Express,The Hindu. ACJ alum @simardecember on Instagram for all things books
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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: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Please DM if you wish to read it nd don't have access. Thank you!
Discussing Marlon James' The Disappearers online via GMeet on Monday, 2 November at 7 pm IST. DM to register!
I am looking to connect with active book clubs and other literary groups in the following cities: Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and all cities in the North East. Please get in touch if any leads! This is for a feature story for a national media publication. TIA!
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Our new series, Common Interests, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel!
Our first interviewee is @lolaolufemi_. A writer, researcher, and organiser, Lola speaks to @yazzarf about power dynamics within the publishing industry and much more.
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My review of Taipei Story by @kuangrf for @utterflea at @htTweets @HindustanTimes :
Since before the publication of Yellowface, the book that launched a thousand opinion pieces, the author has constantly drawn attention to and critiqued the Establishment
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Booker book club. Discussing @TheBookerPrizes longlisted #TheVivisectors
Sunday, 18 Oct • 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/xor-ogma-iqf
In conversation with @TheBookerPrizes shortlisted author, Luke Kennard, on his social experiment of a novel, Black Bag for @the_hindu @TheHinduBooks
thehindu.com/books/books-aut…
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The author of Yellowface and Katabasis returns with a novel that looks at ideas of identity, subjectivity and belonging: @simarb_92 reviews Taipei Story by @kuangrf
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My review of Taipei Story by @kuangrf for @utterflea at @htTweets @HindustanTimes :
Since before the publication of Yellowface, the book that launched a thousand opinion pieces, the author has constantly drawn attention to and critiqued the Establishment
hindustantimes.com/books/rev…
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What will it feel like on the day Palestine is liberated? Mona Kareem imagines the ecstatic, utopian feeling of experiencing Palestine's liberation in this speculative story. With an illustration by Simone Khanyi Hadebe.
Read: buff.ly/cIRw6E7
Spoke to @MarcusduSautoy at @JaipurLitFest this year on the oft overlooked relationship between mathematics, nature and the arts for @utterflea at @htTweets @HindustanTimes
“Shakespeare was also a number nerd”
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Decades ago, Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhag read a story by Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in English translation. “My mind instinctively filled the gaps and created a meaningful literary experience.” Hyphen, a new literary journal founded and published by Shanbhag, is driven by the belief that it is both possible and necessary to make such encounters available to a much wider readership.
✍️@readingkafka
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On the @htTweets Books page today, reviews of Anant Sonawane’s Maya: The
Biography of a Tiger, and @alakaskinner's Persian Nights + an interview with @MarcusduSautoy, author, Blueprints; How Mathematics Shapes Creativity
@mytadoba
@HarperCollinsIN
@speakingtiger14
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:“Shakespeare was also a number nerd”
- @MarcusduSautoy, author, Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity, talks to @simarb_92 about the connections between the realms of mathematics, creative art and nature
hindustantimes.com/s/1hLKkFM
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Yesterday, @IndianExpress reported an unprecedented rupture inside the Election Commission: TWO of its three members objecting on record, 14 times in 10 months, to decisions taken without their knowledge.
Today, the second part of our investigation looks at the concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagged most often: Who really controls our electoral rolls?
We followed that question to Goa, where we found something deeply concerning.
Stay with me....
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Three of the six books on this year’s Booker Prize shortlist explore masculinity and male sexuality. Interestingly, last year’s Booker Prize winner, David Szalay, also placed modern masculinity at the centre of his story, Flesh.
@radhikasan ✍️thehindu.com/books/masculini…
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The Election Commission is three people, not ONE: a Chief and two Election Commissioners, equal in rank.
By law they decide together. Unanimously if they can, by majority if they can't. Two of three is a majority.
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My review of the @TheBookerPrizes longlisted The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams for @utterflea at @HindustanTimes @htTweets
@HarperCollinsIN
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Discussing Luke Kennard's @TheBookerPrizes longlisted novel in the upcoming Booker Book club meet! DM for the link to the GMeet
Discussing Luke Kennard's @TheBookerPrizes longlisted novel in the upcoming Booker Book club meet! DM for the link to the GMeet
Booker Book Club
27 Sept • 12–1 pm • View details and RSVP calendar.app.google/wmSgT4CD…