I’m back to work next month after a break and on the lookout for new translation and localisation gigs. If you see something that might fit, think of me or reach out if you’re looking for a translator!

Posting some other photographs from the NYC trip. The Rames of Steel, with the reflections of the yellow platform bands, the narrow towers of steel painted red, when the Underground goes Overground in Brooklyn, and the “be nice, else you’ll be made fun of on social media” sign.

A few photographs from the CEA Saclay campus today morning.

আসিতেছে। আসিতেছে৷ আসিতেছে। বইমেলায় হাতেখড়ির নতুন সিরিজ- ভাবার বিষয়।

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Saw a wild abandoned half-eaten baguette on my commute at an ungodly early hour today. Scary. Halloween.

It is ironically funny in a way that both জন গণ মন and আমার সোনার বাংলা rub so many people the wrong way to this day, both in India and Bangladesh. Whatever its vices, nationalism is, surtout, funny.

SIR ঘোষণার পর থেকেই দক্ষিণপন্থী বয়ানটা খুবই স্পষ্ট - সংখ্যালঘুদের তাড়াতে হবে। কিন্তু এর বিপরীতে প্রগতিশীলদের পক্ষ থেকে এখনো কোনো সুসংহত বক্তব্য দেখতে পাচ্ছি না। আমার মনে হয়, এই বিষয়গুলোকে সামনে এনে আলোচনা চালানো গেলে নাগরিকত্ব সংক্রান্ত প্রগতিশীল ভাষ্য আরও জোরালো হয়ে উঠবে

It is amazing how this nation loves its own stereotypes. Also, this is pretty dark humour.

Mandatory retweet day to say thank you to the Church and the various Indian State Reorganisation Acts for making today a holiday in many parts of India & all of France, to celebrate All Saints Day as well as such important birthdays. No thanks to it being on a Saturday this year.

First time I cooked goat meat biryani myself (GOAT meat) along with a type of chicken rezala (used red onions instead of white and put a bit too much of poppy seed paste) and it was SO GOOD if I may say so myself. Will now try to perfect this and invite more people to try.

Four more from Washington DC at night during a government shutdown two weeks ago. MLK, FDR & doggo, TJ in black, and Abe in white resting hands on fasces.