Reposted by RahulSaudamini Deo @saudaminideo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cover of July 1959 issue of the Hindi little magazine titled आनंद बन (ananda bana), featuring pieces by Muktibodh, Bachchan, Agyeya and some pages from Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita. 193 9
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 27/05/2026TIL that Ashk wrote 7 volumes of a semi-fictional autobiography, which is sometimes compared to In Search of Lost Time. The first part is Girti Deewarein, which has been translated by @shreedaisy.bsky.social As I understand, the similarity is superficial, right, @shreedaisy.bsky.social? 120 2
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Kagazi Ghat (Paper Wharf) by Khalida Hussain was my magnificent February surprise. I feel quite sad it has finished. @shreedaisy.bsky.social, may I recommend it, in case you haven't read it? 110 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Long before the Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, there was Loneliness of Radhika (1967), "who leaves for Chicago after her father remarries, but returns to India two years later, finding she no longer feels a sense of belonging." @shreedaisy.bsky.social 151 5
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Sorry to dig this up now, but the refutations of "eel wriggling" in Buddhist texts seem like they did not understand the concept. 000 0
Reposted by RahulDaisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 17/05/2025These two beauties are available for pre-order now in the US. The Women’s Courtyard cover is a beautiful painting by renowned Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander and the Tamas cover is an amazing woodblock print by Indian illustrator Anagh Bannerjee. 514137 141
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Persuasion 1995 is a terrific adaptation. The BBC adaptations are competent, but they feel canonical and contain no surprises. P-1995 is actually a filmmaker's adaptation. 310 3
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I wonder how the pen is mightier than the sword, but a paper tiger looks formidable but is, in fact, harmless. 100 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Perhaps the most crucial connection between Ghalib and Gothic is that Vlad III, the historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, may have suffered from hemolacria, a condition that causes tears to mix with blood. "Jab aakh hee se na tapka to phir lahoo kya hai" 000 0
Reposted by Rahulminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 25/03/2025"This translation of desire from the ‘normal’ language of heterosexual relations [...] into the ‘abnormal’ or ‘perverse’ language of homosexual desire parallels Pasolini’s decision to forgo writing in Italian ..." — @ericracher.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2025/03/25/q...minorliteratures.comQuod umbra est: Pasolini’s ‘David’ and the vulnerability of desire — Eric T. RacherUne manière d’ange était assis sur le bord d’une fontaine. Il s’y mirait, et se voyait Homme, et en larmes, et il s’étonnait à l’extrême de s’apparaître dans l’onde nue cette proie d’une tristesse … 034 4
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 26/03/2025In India, the word halva evolved to describe a variety of sweet dishes, but with sesame seeds dropping out of the spotlight. 030 3
Reposted by RahulLibraryThing @librarything.com · 25/03/2025Today is the birthday of American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor, known for her Southern Gothic style and for her exploration of her Catholic faith. Her library, now held by the Flannery O'Connor Collection at Georgia College, has been cataloged as one of our Legacy Libraries! 💙📚 1142 14
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Blackwood's fascination with nature, pagan rituals, and Eastern traditions portrays life as a grand ceremony. Actions transform into a symbolic language that connects humanity to the divine, reflecting themes from Hinduism, Buddhism, and paganism, with the body as a temple and daily acts as worship. 020 2
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/03/2025When reading the Imran series, I was struck by how humour and eccentricities play a significant role in these books. 010 1
Reposted by RahulSubhashree.bsky.social @theriveter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024My translation in Usawa! www.usawa.in/issue-12/tra...usawa.inThree Stories by Sureshkumara Indrajit translated by Subhashree Beeman - Usawa Literary ReviewUsawa Literary Review, Translations, Three Stories by Sureshkumara Indrajittranslated by Subhashree Beeman 1124 12
Reposted by RahulAnd Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 06/03/2025‘No one even sneezes for fear of disrupting peace in Magadh,’ Read a poem from Magadh by Shrikant Verma (tr. Rahul Soni) in the new @thetls.bsky.social This key work of Hindi late modernist poetry is published for the first time in the UK this October 🐦🔥the-tls.co.uk'Interference' by Shrikant Verma | Original poem | The TLSNo one even sneezes for fear of disrupting peace in Magadh, peace must remain in Magadh if Magadh is to remain If there’s Magadh, there’s peace No one even screams for fear of disrupting order in Maga... 054 5
Reposted by RahulSana R. Chaudhry @sanarch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I have no words to express the gratitude I am feeling. Thank you @parisreview.bsky.social for selecting my translation of Julien Columeau's "Derrida in Lahore" for this incredible honor. A special shoutout to @shreedaisy.bsky.social, @terribleman.com & Kanishka Gupta for their unrelenting support. 3114 11
Reposted by RahulBlaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hit us up, translators! More on Painkili novels: www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/ke... 😍 the Mohan Manimala style alsogoogle.comRedirect Notice 096 9
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/02/2025In Hindi, I have observed the opposite. A cat is called billi, and when people try to get the attention of a stray cat, often to shoo it away from the kitchen they say "bil bil bil", as if the cat recognizes the sound of its own species' name. 000 0
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Once you go Nolen Gur, चीनी की मिठाई आपके फ्रिज से होगी फ़ुर्र 100 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 08/01/2025A Manto question. In his story, Hatak, is the character's name Saugandhi, Sugandhi, or Sogandhi? I have read all at different places. In Muhammad Umer Memon's translation, it is Saugandhi, so I think that would be correct. Aesthetically, I am partial towards Sugandhi. 001 1
Reposted by RahulAbhayChawla13 @abhaychawla13.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Meenakshi the translator of this book self taught herself urdu and then went ahead and translated a classic published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind. @shreedaisy.bsky.social FYI. 042 4
Reposted by RahulDaisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Cover reveal for the US HarperVia edition of Our City that Year! Pre-order now a.co/d/ajXqBWY 35110 51
Reposted by RahulPragyan Mohanty @pragyanmohanty.bsky.social · 14/12/2024My tribute to a pioneering figure instrumental in shaping the grammar of Bombay Cinema as we know it. Raj Kapoor at 100. www.deccanherald.com//entertainme...deccanherald.comRaj Kapoor: Relevant Kal Aaj Aur KalPragyan Mohanty pays a birth centenary tribute to the filmmaker who shaped the grammar of Hindi cinema. The showman was born on December 14, 1924. 154 5
Reposted by RahulXueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Xueting's Sunday Culture remembers Qiong Yao, Taiwanese author of dark romances, one of the most popular Sinophone writers around the world, who passed away a few days ago. 1/ 1176 17
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 08/12/2024This new version of "Day of the Jackal" has serendipitously caught us in a moment of the zeitgeist when assassins are cool again. 110 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This is one of the drawbacks of having an open platform - its vulnerable to bots. 010 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 03/12/2024vo to ḳhushbu hai us par dissertation likha jaega mas.ala phuul ka hai wo tweet kar ke so jayega She is like a fragrance; a dissertation will be written about her. The issue concerns the flower; it will tweet and go to sleep. 000 0
Reposted by RahulLauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 03/12/2024I wrote a ridiculous (and maybe also heartbreaking?) high fantasy anti-colonial revenge story featuring a gecko necromancer. It's up at Uncanny along with the audio version read by my brilliant friend friend Unati! Thanks to Zukiswa Wanner for the authenticity read on ZA folklore and representation! 24511 45
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Shivani is a popular writer who many people think is not literary enough but has a great following among female writers. Recently, Usha Priyamvada mentioned that she always has a copy of "Chaudah Phere" handy and keeps going back to it. 321 3
Reposted by Rahulwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Irish stained glass artist Wilhelmina Geddes, Rose Window (1938), St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium 033136 331
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 01/12/2024"Chikna" was translated as "skidface" (😂) in the subtitles of Sikander Ka Muqaddar. 010 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I see this gentleman's Costco membership as an existentialist counterpoint to Marx, where his identity-driven individualism clashes with the collectivist ideals of dialectical materialism. 000 0
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Javed Akhtar's brother, Salman Akhtar, claimed that no great poets had written poetry outside their mother tongue. Isn't this blatantly false? Off the top of my head, I can think of Bengali speaking Persian poet Bedil and the tradition of Punjabi speaking Urdu poets like Faiz. 100 1
Reposted by RahulPatrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com · 26/11/2024Oh my god, “unsparing criticism.” What atrocity will these people resort to next? 1121342 213
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Miraji's essay on Sappho was titled - "Maghrib ki Sabse Bari Shaira: Sappho" He wrote that ancient Greeks considered Sappho a daughter of Eros and Aphrodite and glossed these names in parentheses as Kamadeva and Rati. 010 1
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The most intriguing aspect of this school of equivocation is its steadfast equivocation on the very purpose of equivocation. 110 1
Reposted by RahulDeepanjana @dpanjana.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Salvador Dali, pattachitra style, by Bhaskar Chitrakar 072 7
Reposted by RahulDaisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Hindi poetry fans (if there are any on here?), don’t miss this iconic video of Sumitranandan Pant courtesy of @alokranj.bsky.social in which he (Pant, not Alok!) reveals that his signature hairstyle was based on a portrait of Napoleon he saw in class 4 😱 1156 15
Reposted by Rahulmadmohan.bsky.social @madmohan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Looks like new Malayalam thriller film #Sookshmadarshini is getting rave reviews from critics, guessing new writers have a benchmark 'Drishyam' created how to surpass that climax, good for the industry i guess. 141 4
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I was buying this product and the helpful lady at the checkout: "You know this is bread made out of chickpeas right?" 100 1
Reposted by RahulDaisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I’m thinking he meant this pic. It’s the most dashing one. 021 2
Reposted by RahulDan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Louis Pasteur invented the process of making milk safe (what we now call Pasteurization) in 1862. That was 162 years ago. He did it because he witnessed countless people getting sick from a whole host of horrible pathogens, which some of them died from. And now here we are. 5367142 367
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Sumitranandan Pant's hairstyle remains unmatched and never replicated. 280 8
Rahul @notself.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Firaaq's teaching style was very casual. "Kaavya peeda sirf Bachchanwa hi samjhega." (Bachchanwa = Harivansh Rai Bachchan) "Agar Elliotwa ko na padhayen, to tum log humko illiterate samjhoge." (Elliotwa = T.S. Eliot) 120 2
