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Tactile inebriation “I love the smell of book ink in the morning." ~ Umberto Eco

The fool is the person who fails to run out and grab a copy of Natasha Piano’s amazing book, published today by Harvard University Press.

THE 14th INTERNATIONAL EIGHT-DAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP, ASHOKA UNIVERSITY, will start from 1st June 2025. Details here: ashoka.edu.in/announcing-the…

My favourite flowers. I found them fallen under their plant a few days ago. Not their fragrance alone, which is erotic and spiritual, but their form, the way the petals cuddle the late evening light ...

I can remember the sad, disowned shayar Vijay , once a romantic poet turned businessman Amit , a happy romantic poet Dev in a dilemma to decide his true love, historical Mirza Ghalib saheb in a love affair...

In the latest issue of our journal, On Eating, Jayita Das writes about Nimatnama - a treasure trove for food-lovers, historians, linguists, and even artists, offering a spirited image of the Malwa style of life in the 15th century Sumana Roy oneating.in/nimatnama-lege…

I'll be speaking about my new work on the quest for the plant script over the last hundred years at WISER, University of The Witwatersrand on 5th May. In case you're interested, here's the link to join the conversation online: wiser.wits.ac.za/event/quest-pl…

I have an essay, FAILING LIGHT, in ON FAILING, an anthology born from a LiteraryActivism symposium, ed by Amit Chaudhuri - on Satyajit Ray's relationship with failing light, and how these accidents of light, sunrise &sunset, clouds &camera, gave his films an energy beyond the script

Birgitta Assheur will be reading & discussing the German translation of HOW I BECAME A TREE (WIE ICH EIN BAUM WURDE) a month from now in Frankfurt. Mittwoch 04.06.2025 19:30 Uhr Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung, Justinianstraße 5, 60322 Frankfurt am Main matthes-seitz-berlin.de/termin/birgitt…

My column OUTSIDE, on the remainders of the outside in a word such as 'extravagant' and 'retreat', and how that excludes the working class writer, in the Deccan Herald.  deccanherald.com/opinion/when-w…

So happy to receive the author’s copies of my debut children’s book #jadeandtgeharmonyflyers published by @barebonesllp Sahana Ahmed (Sahana Ahmed) Sahana has been the most gracious and involved publisher I could have hoped for.

Seems like many scholars are shifting to environmental work for the jobs rather than to address our ongoing climate & socio-environmental crises, but when we need all hands on deck. It is, however, important to remember that this work isn't a theme or trend but a way of thinking.

Absolutely cannot wait to dig into this! Plant thinkers of Twentieth-century Bengal by Sumana Roy. Sumana is in my opinion the most literary writer in India today. We are lucky to receive her scholarship. Sumana Roy

In the latest issue of On Eating, Neelum Saran Gour charts a personal history of eating and serving chaat in her beloved Allahabad. Sumana Roy & I hope you will share with those interested to read & eat - #Food #WritingCommunity #India oneating.in/on-chaat/

A review and interview about my book PROVINCIALS that came out in SHELF AWARENESS more than a year ago. The paperback from YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS was published last month. shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html…

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In my column OUTSIDE this month, I wrote about how the 'inner world' has inevitably been imagined as water. deccanherald.com/opinion/rasa-a…

“The external world is also outside our control, but it is perhaps easier to place a vase on a table, build a bridge across a river, prune a tree and fold clothes than letting these verbs work on our thoughts.” Sumana Roy