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@chitraviraraghavan.bsky.social

Writer, book editor. The Americans: A Novel (4th Estate), Madras On My Mind (HarperCollins), Delhi Thaatha (Seagull Books).

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β€œDog chases down ambulance that owner is being transported in. When EMS realise, they let the dog in.”

Love this πŸ₯°β€οΈ

#DogSky
#Reddit
r\NextF***ingLevel

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β€œAnd now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

17.01.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People died of carelessness, of corruption, of abuse, and yet, in every round of voting, gave their enthusiastic approval to the politicians who made their life unbearable.
#ElenaFerrante #NeapolitanQuartet, Book 3

15.12.2024 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheers :) Thanks for not minding.

10.12.2024 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also swan-road

10.12.2024 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting of two figures, a young girl to the right foreground facing slight left and a sitting figure dressed in pink to the left background, the girl is dressed in a pale blue top and has long dark hair and no expression

Painting of two figures, a young girl to the right foreground facing slight left and a sitting figure dressed in pink to the left background, the girl is dressed in a pale blue top and has long dark hair and no expression

Amrita Sher-Gil,
Little Girl in Blue, 1934
Indian-Hungarian modernist painter

10.12.2024 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's actually from Milton in "Areopagitica" :)

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A much-loved book series from my dad's childhood and then mine. Note the old #Madras #bookshop on #PycroftsRoad
#William #RichmalCrompton
#BookSky

06.12.2024 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cuttinge arts programs from public universityes ys tellinge people thei do not deserve beautye.

01.12.2024 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

When I was in high school, the guidance counselor used to speak really scornfully about easy electives like "underwater basket weaving" but I have contemplated this for 35 years, and I still think underwater basket weaving sounds really hard.

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A woodpecker with a black and white patterned wing and a bright red cap clinging to the side of a textured tree trunk

A woodpecker with a black and white patterned wing and a bright red cap clinging to the side of a textured tree trunk

Please enjoy this very handsome Red-bellied Woodpecker for #WoodpeckerWednesday

#birds 🌿

05.12.2024 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4464    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 10
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On to Book 3 of the #NeapolitanQuartet. Compelling, extraordinary books (really just one long book) that sweep you up into their world, like books are meant to and once regularly did.

05.12.2024 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The people of South Korea didn't wait, they showed up. Immediately.

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πŸ€—πŸ€—

04.12.2024 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite lovely!

04.12.2024 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite likely!

03.12.2024 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really, @thehindu.com, "chats up"??

03.12.2024 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a votary of the vocative comma.
Thanks for including me in the pack, @adamcsharp.bsky.social :)

03.12.2024 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is the most common blood type for editors?

Type O

02.12.2024 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Artwork featuring a bird in silhouette flying in the centre foreground and a group of winter bare trees to the top left all against a bleak greenish cream background

Artwork featuring a bird in silhouette flying in the centre foreground and a group of winter bare trees to the top left all against a bleak greenish cream background

#Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami

01.12.2024 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 647    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Your poem on 20th-century work was brilliant.

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A decade into our lived experience of just this, Abhijeet Banerjee advises Indians in his TOI column that β€œWe must not opt for a strong-man because the US now has one β€” loudmouths and bullies only serve themselves…” πŸ˜‚

01.12.2024 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thar' she blows
#CycloneFenjal

30.11.2024 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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I waited years for the love of my life to get out of prison, so we could get engaged. When she was finally being released I explained my plan to my dad, who was an English teacher, even showed him the ring. β€œNo, son,” he said, tutting. β€œYou can’t end a sentence with a proposition.”

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Do read the book if you get a chance.

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