Tejas 🦚

A mordant but fair critique of the much celebrated "Great Mughals" exhibition at the V&A museum in London.

@empirepoduk.bsky.social fans and @willdalrymple.bsky.social , @anitaanand.bsky.social , what do you think?

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So excited to even make it to the shortlist of the Writers retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices 2025 @lambdaliterary.org ! Merci 😊

The story of our favourite drink. ☕
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So you think you’re in control? Your gut disagrees. A party of tiny bacteria living in our intestines are controlling us. And they don’t even pay rent!

Food & Feelings, what's the real connection?
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Thrilled to say I've just received news that my fiction piece will be included in the third anthology "Queer Life, Queer Love" . Thanks Kate,Sarah, Karen, Matt & everyone else @muswellpress.bsky.social ! Absolutely honoured 😁

If Food Names Were Honest, Curry Wouldn’t Exist Food history's firebrand motto should read: “We just made it up — and it stuck!"

Lovers of @empirepoduk.bsky.social will recall the episode on the British Empire & Food twists. My latest post talks about curry, chai tea, Bombay Duck & other cheeky idiosyncrasies. Feel free to share! open.substack.com/pub/ytejas/p... @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social

Edible Stories Welcome to "The Hungry Mind" : a space where food, history, language, science, travel & life’s absurdities collide with love & curiosity.

Inspired by some of my favourite writers and my passion for food, words, science, language and history I'm starting my own publication on Substack. Please feel free to like, comment, subscribe and share : open.substack.com/pub/ytejas/p...

Saw a French play tonight :"Passeport" is about refugees & asylum seekers. Largely bourgeois White audience laughed along as this parody appropriated real suffering for a risible, theatrical travesty, all for the consumption "progressive" Parisians. Voyeuristic mockery ≠ entertainment. #Deplorable

Is it just me or does @stephenfry.bsky.social need to be cast in a biopic of the irascible @slavojiek.bsky.social ?

The Monty Python skit needed more airtime ! @anitaanand.bsky.social and you were excellent in your roles 😀

YouTube video by Cyrus Says William Dalrymple: How Ancient India Shaped the World - Trade, Buddhism & Mathematical Legacy

Ah @willdalrymple.bsky.social, I didn't know you've been chatting about your latest book "The Golden Road"and ancient India with our own funnyman, Cyrus Broacha! Looking forward to this. youtu.be/_oEj1VwAJxY?...

A mob threw tea into Boston Harbour today in 1773 protesting a corrupt executive determined to impose tarrifs on trade to suit the needs of a powerful corporation.

Melissa Febos: "The Wild, Sublime Body" An essay by Melissa Febos: "Intimacy, I’ve found, has little to do with romance."

Learning the art of brilliant creative nonfiction through this intimate, lyrical, wild and sublime essay from 2021 by @melissafebos.bsky.social. @yalereview.bsky.social. yalereview.org/article/wild...

Birbal’s Khichadi | Birbal Group Hope can inspire people to work hard.

Throwing this into the lot, @anitaanand.bsky.social . My favourite Birbal story growing up ! More on @empirepoduk.bsky.social this week.
www.birbalgroup.com/birbalkhichadi
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Discovering Borges, belatedly, in Spanish. Masterful. Why didn't I read this sooner?

Wept, smiled, danced in my seat, and soaked in every bit of happiness, hurt and hope in this beautiful #movie. Please go watch it. #CrossingIstanbul

@bsky.app Any plans on truncating the usernames / providing shorter aliases? ".bsky.social" end tags use up quite a few characters!

The mainstream French mania over Notre Dame continues... If only they cared half as much about people dying in wars, right?!

Publishers Association report reveals 'disappointing drop' in ethnic minority representation within industry A report by the Publishers Association (PA) has revealed that "ethnic minority" representation fell by 2% in 2024, with a decline in the numbers of Asian and British Asian staff.

This is my very much NOT surprised face. Still furious though. Do. Better. Publishing. www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...

Another year of great podcasts. Thanks @empirepoduk.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social !

What are you reading? #books

Excited for this series — and so pleased to be able to connect on a less problematic app!

Glad to be on here and hopefully reunite with new and old friends and build a community with shared values, away from "ex"-apps !

What a brilliant first episode! For the Babur nerds, here's a parallel perspective from the extraordinary @amitav.bsky.social : amitavghosh.com/other-works-.... And here's @willdalrymple.bsky.social's introduction to the Beveridge translation: openthemagazine.com/lounge/books....