I fail to understand why, in this day and age, when a film has already been certified 'A' (for adult), that there is a need to censor and cut. This nanny state behaviour is infuriating, as if hearing a few cuss words will melt the audience's ears and cause a moral mayhem.

third day of pride month and it's bleak y'all.

Stephen Piccarella Honestly, find a way to bring back the Ancient Greek chorus that butts in every once in a while to really hammer home how fucked the situation is.

“me & who” “me this summer” oh baby-

⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱JUST IN: EU Parliment Member Rima Hassan Rima Hassan refused to change out of her prison clothes and went directly, wearing them, to Place de la République in Paris upon her arrival at the airport: “My family was expelled from this land in 1948, and we were never able to

As a publishing person, I just need a partner who bakes and together we will be unstoppable. Step 1 to starting that bookstore cafe surely.

I meant 'partner' in a very queer way here but I think it didn't come across. 😭

I would have given a kidney to work on this but I joined too late. I just cannot articulate how much I look forward to reading it.

it's very exciting to share the cover of this superb anthology which includes my translations of poems by adnan kafeel darwesh. immensely grateful to dibyajyoti, tuhin and sourav for giving me this opportunity. cannot wait for it to come out. y'all are in for a treat! ✨

Whose Urdu is it anyway? Is it the language only of India’s Muslims? This new book — my translation of 16 stories — attempts to bust persistent stereotypes. Out soon from Simon & Schuster India ✨ #urdu #newbooklaunch #newbook2025 #NewBook

It's truly a joy to have my translations of poems by Adnan Kafeel Darwesh feature in this anthology alongside other stellar contributions. This collection should definitely be on your radar if you like poetry and translated literature.

the sheer exploitation of ad-hoc faculty in DU should be studied-- fascinating how in the heart of national capital, this level of dysfunctionality is curated & no political party or legal intervention is interested in resolving it!

PERENNIAL launched Bengaluru Poetry Festival 2025 in the session “Apna Sach” ft. the women poets: Gagan Gill, Parwati Tirkey, Lovely Goswami & Anuradha Singh; with 6 women translators ft. Anita Gopalan, carol, among others. PRE-ORDER now or simply DM for a copy: redriverpress.in/product/perenn…

Have the Nina Uppal Namrata Dubey Sunvi etc “It Girl” Bookstagrammers who have v much built their careers by giving book recs and reviews, said a single thing about the govt ban on a host of books in Kashmir? Like anything at all about book-bans and censorship of literature?

What a fantastic list of books, thank you! I have read a couple and they were great. I must get the rest too. This whole book banning exercise works both ways. Take this as recommended reading. 🤷‍♂️

Hats off to Buffalo Intellectual for making use of Fanon's critical psychoanalytic inquiry into the relationship between UC men and LC women and UC women and LC men, especially at a time when thinking critically on this amounts to being cancelled for life. Ingenious work.