Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Prepping for tomorrow’s art viewing at home! If you are in #Mumbai and would like to see my paintings, please come (we are in Bandra West, dm for address). #artsky 051
Reposted by NileshUnmana @unmana.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Lovely review yesterday with a couple of quotes from me in the Free Press Journal.freepressjournal.inBook Review: 'Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd' By Unmana Is A Breezy Yet Bold Mystery Ride 052
Reposted by NileshThe Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 18/04/2025to the handful of IndiaSky people on bsky who will see it, if you know of anyone looking for a videographer/editor/photographer - connect them with me. I'm looking for assignments for April-May-June. 11419
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 26/03/202541/n ગુમાવેલા જીવનનાં હાસ્ય તો પાછાં મળે ક્યાંથી ? જમાનાએ લૂંટેલા અશ્રુ પણ માગી નથી શકતો. *Gumavela jivan na hasy to pachha male kyanthi? Jamanae lootela ashru pan magi nathi shakto.* - Befaam #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 130
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 14/03/202540/n નયનને બંધ રાખીને મેં જયારે તમને જોયાં છે, તમે છો એના કરતાં પણ વધારે તમને જોયાં છે. *Nayan ne bandh rakhi ne me jyare tamne joya chhe, Tame chho ena karta pan vadhare tamne joya chhe.* When I closed my eyes and saw you, I saw you even more than you are. - Befaam #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 020
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/03/202539/n તમને છોડીને ગયો’તો એ પળો મળતી રહી, તમને આવીને મળ્યો’તો એ ઘડી મળતી નથી. Latin script: *Tamne chhodi ne gayo’to e palo malti rahi, Tamne aavi ne malyo to e ghadi malti nathi.* - Adi Mirza #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 121
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 22/02/2025You can read more about FLN's advocacy for reform and its People's National Library Policy PNLP here: www.fln.org.in/library-reform-demanding-the-peoples-national-library-policy/ fln.org.inLibrary Reform: Demanding the People’s National Library PolicyPublic libraries matter. A large majority of Indians are not truly included in the world’s largest democracy. Amid political polarisation, communal divisions and glaring inequality R… 094
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Today & tomorrow, activists of the Free Libraries Network will represent grassroots libraries & their members from across India at the #IndianLibraryCongress in Delhi. They will talk about the power of libraries when they are made free & non-exclusionary for all. 185
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I would warn you of Spring coming— but I sneeze in All the seasons now 120
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Too much going on last week or so… haven’t been able to do poetry translation:/ Also have to pack and move at end of the month and then unpacking, setting up things — so don’t know when I’ll get back to it. But hopefully I will! 🤞🏾 160
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Sunday L💙VE for Libraries is real! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL @tashanmehta.bsky.social is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/ 0812
Reposted by NileshUnmana @unmana.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Listen, I took five years writing and revising my novel before it got accepted. I will share what I learned so you get there faster! Sign up here www.townscript.com/e/library-lo...townscript.comTownscript | Online Event Registration and Ticketing PlatformDiscover Events in your city and buy tickets online instantly. You can also create your event and start selling tickets online within a minute. 036
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Sunday L💙VE for Libraries is real! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL @unmana.bsky.social is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove 049
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Sunday L💙VE for Libraries is real! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL Jane Borges is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove 036
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Valentine’s Day reading list by @unmana.bsky.social in yesterday’s Scroll… Queer romances that make hearts flutter and end on a happy note: Sultry, dizzying, cute romances in historical and contemporary settings by 12 writers around the world. scroll.in/article/1078... #booksky #queerlove 132
Reposted by NileshSridala @sridala.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I'm helping raise funds for the Free Libraries Network with the offer below. Please donate so that @freelibsnet.bsky.social can continue to do the amazing work they do! 164
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Happy Valentine’s Day :) “Love”, Acrylic on 12”x12” stretched canvas, September 2023. #painting #nilpaints #ArtSky @unmana.bsky.social 081
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This is no ordinary L💙VE! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL @bijal.bsky.social is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/ 0812
Reposted by NileshFree Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 13/02/2025It’s the season of love! Revolutionary library love! Share this with your friends & family (in India) and get them to follow us here in large numbers! As for the rest? All will be revealed tomorrow 🥸🩵 02320
Reposted by NileshPoetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 13/02/2025What’s even better than reading #PoetryInParks? Putting books in the hands of all who want them, particularly those from historically disadvantaged communities. That’s what @freelibsnet.bsky.social and their member libraries do. Follow, and reshare their post. Many goodies are coming your way. 076
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025All 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 031
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This 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 0101
Reposted by NileshUnmana @unmana.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I’m in a Hyderabad paper today! #booksky #queerbook 181
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025As @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. 141
Reposted by NileshScream, Cultura, Scream! @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I wrote a thing about The Snoop Sisters years ago if you are interested: culturalgutter.com/2018/04/19/s... #DriveInMobculturalgutter.comSnooping Ladies Sensibly Solving MysteriesWe really should have had a mystery series featuring a sensible lesbian couple by now. Something like two Miss Marples sharing a sensible home and sensibly solving extremely–some might even s… 33913
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/202538/n આગામી કોઈ પેઢીને દેતા હશે જીવન, બાકી અમારા શ્વાસ નકામા તો જાય ના. *Agami koi pedhine deta hashe jeevan, Baki amara shwas nakama to jaay na.* Must be giving life to some future generation, I refuse to believe our breaths are going to waste. # - Mareez #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 140
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 07/02/202537/n ગઝલમાં સૌ વિચારો મારા દર્શાવી નથી શકતો, ઘણું સમજું છું એવું, જે હું સમજાવી નથી શકતો. *Gazal maan sau vicharo maara darshavi nathi shakto, Ghanu samju chhu evu, je hun samjavi nathi shakto.* I cannot express all my thoughts in ghazals, So much I understand, but cannot explain. #gujarati #poetry #niltranslates 140
Reposted by NileshDebbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 05/02/2025Tip for illustrators: On this platform, users can search for a tag WITHIN YOUR FEED in addition to globally. Try clicking on #FoundObjectArt in this post, for example, & you'll see what I mean. This is a GREAT way to provide an easy way of categorizing your art posts, if you use tags thoughtfully. 2184
Reposted by NileshTashan Mehta @tashanmehta.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Friends in the US and Canada! MAD SISTERS OF ESI has a launch date (August 5th 2025) and it’s part of the Barnes & Noble Preorder sale. All you have to do is use the code: PREORDER25. Go preorder! It means you’ll have more money for more books. 12814
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 04/02/202536/n બસ દૂર્દર્શૉનો એટલો આભાર હોય છે, જેને મળું છું, મુજથી સમજદાર હોય છે. *Bas doordasha no etlo abhar hoy chhe, Jene malu chhu, mujh thi samajdar hoy chhe. * Suffering comes with one upside though, Everyone I meet is smarter than I am. - Mareez #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 152
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Welcome @goobesbook.bsky.social to BlueSky! Hopefully more independent bookshops and small businesses will follow! #booksky 030
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Billionaire wants your Pennies — white supremacy Trumps America #haiku 030
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025A painting from 2021… “Flowery Years”, 16”x20”, Oil and stretched canvas. #nilpaints #artsky #indianpainting #portrait 171
Reposted by NileshDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 02/02/2025can anyone tell me how to buy ebooks in a foreign language? -don't want to pirate, happy to pay -don't want translations, want to read in the original -ebooks exist but they won't appear for my US kindle, kobo, nook accounts -for physical books I could buy while in the country or order -pourquoooi 19517
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025If you read this first stanza you would think the speaker is saying this to a lover. Or to a love-interest, and may even seem a little creepy. #poetrysky #niltranslates 110
Reposted by NileshIdeaSmith @ideasmithy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025 @janeborges.bsky.social hosts ‘Murder, she wrote’ with Unmana, Meeti Shroff & Kalpana Swaminathan on women detectives & crime fiction in India at KGAF’25. 242
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025What a fun panel that was :) #kgaf #booksky @unmana.bsky.social 031
Reposted by NileshThe Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 21/09/2023📍 BomSky Feed Pinned Post. This feed is gathering posts from a list of contributors as well as triggered by specific keywords To become a contributor: • Just post/reply with "#addBomSky" Check the replies for link to other tools and Indian feeds. Remember to Like, Save, and Pin the feed! 20288
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 01/02/202535/n Ghazal by Khalil Dhantejvi સ્પર્શનું પણ ઝેર ચડવા દે મને, લે હવે, થોડુંક અડવા દે મને. *Sparshnu pan zer chadva de mane, Le have, thodunk adava de mane.* Let the poison of this contact take effect, Come on, allow me to touch you a bit. #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 120
Reposted by NileshFeminism in India (FII) @feminisminindia.com · 31/01/2025Reimagining Womanhood: The Evolving Representation Of Women In Gujarati Women’s Literature The idea of intersectionality also impacted Gujarati women's writings. Writers like Chandra Shrimali addressed the exploitation of Dalit women.feminisminindia.comReimagining Womanhood: The Evolving Representation Of Women In Gujarati Women’s LiteratureThe idea of intersectionality also impacted Gujarati women's writings. Writers like Chandra Shrimali addressed the exploitation of Dalit women. 031
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 30/01/202534/n હા, સૌને પ્રેમ કરવાને લીધો તો મેં જનમ, વચમાં તમે જરાક વધારે ગમી ગયા. *Haan, saune prem karwane lidho to me janam, Vachma tame jarak vadhare gami gaya. * Oh yes, I was born to love everyone, Then you came and I ended up liking you a bit more. - Mareez #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 131
Reposted by NileshKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 29/01/2025AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA gaaaaasp AHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my God say it ain't so, imagine an AI company stealing intellectual property. 616733
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Today at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival! #kgaf #mumbai #booksky 121
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Expected that we can’t buy from bookshop.org in India but weird (and sad) that can’t access the site at all! #booksky 252
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025And just now @unmana.bsky.social read to me this poem by @gabbat.bsky.social that seems like a lovely example of what Mareez is talking about! “Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.” By Gabrielle Calvocoress www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgMiss you. Would like to take a walk with you.Would love to take a walk with you. Would love to make you shrimp saganaki. Would love to walk to the post office with you. We’ll walk past the waterfall and you can tell me about the after. I’ll know... 084
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 28/01/202533/n કલા નુ હાર્દ ફક્ત હોય છે નિખળસ્તા, એ દાસ્તાન હો દિલ ની કે હો નજર બાબત. *Kala nu hard faqt hoy chhe nikhalasta, Ae dastan ho dil ni ke ho nazar babat.* Art is only powerful when it is sincere, May it be heart’s feelings, or what your eyes see. - Mareez #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 041