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 5
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 5
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 19
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Translation: What hope can I keep of getting back the joys of life I couldn’t have, I cannot even ask for the tears that this world robbed me of. - Barkat Virani ‘Befaam’ #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 020 2
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 3
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 2
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025This is kind of what I am feeling about BlueSky also :) 030 3
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025English translation: I kept reliving that moment I’d left you and gone away, Didn’t find that moment when I came back and met you. - Adi Mirza #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 020 2
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 2
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 9
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 8
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Indian almond Is shedding red leaves — I stare At old green photos 010 1
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I would warn you of Spring coming— but I sneeze in All the seasons now 120 2
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 6
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 12
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 6
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 9
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 6
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A cuter image list of the same on Instagram if you are there: www.instagram.com/p/DGDYgjrMHk... But more importantly so many of these authors are here on BlueSky, so follow them if you aren’t already doing :) @kjcharleswriter.com @oliviawaite.com and others too!instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 001 1
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 3
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 6
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 8
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 12
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 23
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 7
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 3
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025In English there’s chit-chat, flip-flop, willy-nilly… similar, I guess? 110 1
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 10
Reposted by NileshUnmana @unmana.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I’m in a Hyderabad paper today! #booksky #queerbook 181 8
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Right now, moong dal chila with amaranth flour and flaxseed flour. 000 0
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025* This is not a comment on Shakespeare’s poetry or power of Hamlet, just an observation on the differences in language. 040 4
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 4
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Seems very difficult to be able to get the same feeling while translating these in English. “With every smile” just doesn’t have the power or pain of “smite smite” :) #poetry #translation 121 2
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025“Tipu” means a drop, “tipe tipe” would be “in each drop” or in a different context could mean “one drop at a time”. Not used in this poem but another that comes to mind is “dhime dhime” in Gujarati and Hindi and “ahista ahista” in Urdu — “very slowly” or “over a period of time”. 110 1
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025This style of using the same word twice to convey a different meaning is quite common in most Indian languages — I don’t think there is a similar thing in English. “Smit” means smile, and “Smite smite” here would mean “in/with every smile”. #poetry #translation 110 1
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Adding Latin script version: *koi smite smite salge chhe, koi radine dil bahelave chhe. koi teepe teepe tarse chhe, koi jam nava chhalkave chhe. sanjogona palavma chhe badhu, dariane thapko na aapo; ek tarto manas doobe chhe, ek laash tarine aave chhe.* #gujarati #translation 110 1
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 39
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025# I loved how Mareez conveys the duality of feeling hopeless (no one cares for the art you are creating, or the cause you are working for seems pointless / doomed) and still keeping the conviction/ hope (someday someone will benefit from it / will appreciate it.) #poetry 040 4
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 4
Nilesh @nileshb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025ગયો ને જાય છે, દુ:ખનો સમય એક જ દિલાસા પર, કે વીતેલો સમય પાછો કદી આવી નથી શકતો. *Gayo ne jaay chhe, dukhno samay ek j dilasa par, Ke vitelo samay paccho kadi aavi nathi shakto.* With this solace, time of misery passes, For the time that's gone cannot return. - Mareez #gujarati #poetry #translation #niltranslates 020 2
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 4
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 18