Joan didion reincarnated

A one-third filled cup of black coffee. The cup has an image of a woman holding a steaming cup, and is on a saucer. A laptop keyboard is visible in the background.

Medium roast v60 with surprisingly sweet taste at a local café. I have not used mine in a long while, and I was reminiscent.

53 copies donated by people and an incredible 53 copies donated by the publishers of a fancy glossy art book that many libraries can't afford.
Come on folks, lets aim for a book for each library!

Also, when you approach authors regarding translating their work into English, how do they respond?

The thinker.

Oh wow. I need to get this. 😅

Would love to see that.

Also, when you approach authors regarding translating their work into English, how do they respond?

I designed one of the earliest Unicode typefaces for Ol Chiki! eyeondesign.aiga.org/guru-gomke-i... The project was
@subhapa.bsky.social’s brainchild.

I've got one more for you Rakesh. Does your interest in mathematics ever bleed into your love of literature?

Thanks!

A pack of bidi.

A pack of bidi.

I would also like to know your opinion about the branding of bidi bundles. Do you see any correlation between these and the street signs? thank you!
These are a couple I bought recently in Himachal.

The sea blue is so mesmerising. One can imagine Hemingway dining here.

Look Out, Narendran! A madman is dead set on blowing up the Taj Mahal, and there’s only one pair of detectives who can stop him. Tamil Pulp Fiction at its best.

Oh yeah, and here's one you can read for free. This is the lead story in the third volume of our Tamil Pulp Fiction anthology. (It's super fun but it's kind of a bizarre choice for Granta to publish it lol) granta.com/look-out-nar...

Hi @matratype.bsky.social! Excited about the book. On your journey curating Indian street signs, were there shops or establishments you checked out just because the signs were beautiful or cool? thanks

On a different note, how do you choose which authors to publish? Also, what made you publish an anthology of Gujarati pulp fiction?

Get your typography and indie publishing related questions in!

Hi Rakesh! Which is the one Indian pulp author or a book you'd recommend for people who have not read any? thanks!

Please join me and @blaftrakesh.bsky.social this evening — we’re excited to answer your questions about my upcoming book + indiastreetlettering.com, and all the exciting things that @blaft.bsky.social has been upto for years!

Ask Us Anything! Pooja Saxena, Typeface Designer, and Rakesh Khanna, Editor. Thursday July 10 9 PM IST / 3:30 pm GMT. @matratype.bsky.social & @blaftrakesh.bsky.social

Join @matratype.bsky.social and @blaftrakesh.bsky.social for an AMA about Indian street lettering, Indic script signboards, Gujarati pulp fiction cover art, independent publishing, and whatever else!

Thursday 9 pm IST!

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Blaft at the 11th Annual Bay Area Book Festival -- June 1 2025, Downtown Berkeley, 11am-5pm

We're at the Bay Area Book Festival in #Berkeley, California on Sunday -- Space 110! Drop by & stock up on Indian language pulp fiction in translation, Anti-Caste SF, and ghostlore!!

Bahrison's Booksellers Chandigarh

The hand of a Bahrison's Bookseller holding The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF edited by R.T. Samuel et al and Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings, Things We Found During the Autopsy, and Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man, all by Kuzhali Manickavel

Oye Chandigarh! Head to Bahrison's booksellers to pick up THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF, the experimental/horror/slipstream/bonkers short fiction of Kuzhali Manickavel, and other Blaft titles!

Had a beer after a really long time. Bliss

Update: "Lights are being switched on from the Grid in a short while. However citizens are advised to observe voluntary blackout."

At least in Chandigarh it was planned. It is still advised to turn off the lights.

SSP UT CHANDIGARH (Official Account) | WhatsApp Channel SSP UT CHANDIGARH (Official Account) WhatsApp Channel. This is the official Whatsapp Channel of SSP UT Chandigarh to create awareness in the public through crime prevention & crime reports alerts. In...

SSP Chandigarh: “Chandigarh will be observing black out until further orders.”
WhatsApp channel link for updates:
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Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail | TechCrunch The ruling, which has yet to take effect, was ordered under India's online blocking laws.

Hey @proton.me, got this news today. Should I be worried?
techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/i...

A lizard next to a comb with two wasps on it.

So this is happening in my washroom. Help me decide watching between this and Black Mirror.

I told them that it hasn't arrived yet. I fuckiin...

A photo of a bottle containing sherbet. below is a text 'Just ordere! ❤️'. Below that is an eye emoji with the number '2' next to it.

Just posted this on my social media app and one of my relatives asked 'how was it?' 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭