Sridala

If you catch it, lmk what you think?

Acting as Deepa D's informal publicity agent and letting y'all know that her show is ON from today, one performance in each city, starting today with Delhi, Chennai on the 13th, Hyderabad on the 21st, and other cities in between and after.

Tickets here:
in.bookmyshow.com/plays/8-by-d...

This campaign for an Indian queer theatre maker is only $250 away from being 3/4th funded. And she has 16 hours to go!
She's done some really valuable work for fandom over the years (I didn't dream of dragons etc) so let's try to get her there!

Will remind (if I remember!) I only remember the Hyderabad one, but yeah - I should boost for shows also.

Thank you! 🥰

Don't I just!

I'm ok... Just oppressed by the incessant rain. You?

(Pl repost the link for reach? Since I'm not active here and all).

Get 8 to 9! I’m Deepa, a writer, performance-maker and lighting designer who has worked in the US and India performing arts scenes for over 25 years. In 2023 I won a fellowship to create a one-woman show called ‘...

Deepa D is raising funds for her theatre work travelling to various cities in September and today's the last day for the fundraiser.

Please donate if you can!

chuffed.org/project/1423...

R.I.P. Jayant Narlikar Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (1938-2025) I heard this morning of the death at the age of 86 of renowned Indian cosmologist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar. I understand he died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness. Scientifically, Jayant Narlikar is probably best known for his work with Fred Hoyle on a conformal gravity theory and as an advocate of the Steady State theory of cosmology.

R.I.P. Jayant Narlikar

Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (1938-2025) I heard this morning of the death at the age of 86 of renowned Indian cosmologist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar. I understand he died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness. Scientifically, Jayant Narlikar is probably best known…

URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR KUFFIR NALGUNDWAR Kuffir Nalgundwar, co-founder of Round Table India and a tireless anti-caste thinker, is facing a severe health crisis. After a brain stroke, Parkinson's, and now a debilitating neurological disorder, he is bedridden and in distress. His wife, Surekha Bedide, has been his only caregiver unable to work for two years. Monthly care costs range from Rs. 90,000 to Rs. 2 lakhs, covering a full-time attendant, physiotherapy, doctor visits, medicines, rent, and food. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? When both mainstream and so-called alternative media-dominated by Brahmin-Bania elites-refused to carry anti-caste voices, it was Kuffir da who built Round Table India. He created a powerful platform where Dalit, Adivasi, and OBC writers could speak, think, and shape the discourse. He stood alone for the Ambedkarite movement. Now he needs us to stand with him. Let's act, not out of charity, but out of solidarity. TO DONATE UPI/Phone Pe 9849625446 Bank Details Axis Bank Ltd (Hyderabad) A/C No 008010100586160 IFSC Code UTIB0000008 Phone 9849625446 **If you contribute, please message the amount and date to help us track support.

For those no longer on twitter, but knew Kuffir from there and Round Table India, please donate if you can.

A fresh hell several times a day every day.

Supreme Court demands proof for claim that Rohingya refugees were thrown to sea by Indian govt The Supreme Court expressed reservations about whether it should entertain a claim that the Indian government has been forcibly deporting Rohingya refugees from

They want proof that people were thrown into the sea. 🤷🏾‍♀️

www.barandbench.com/news/supreme...

Did you see the SC re this today?

Just heard a doc say there are cases in Chennai that are clearly covid, it's just that no one is calling it that.

A thing that works for me is wetting a pair of socks and wearing it until it dries. Rinse, repeat.

My feet, hands and head heat up the most. Keeping specifically these parts of the body cool helps me.

Do we see the problem in expecting military/police/security at tourist places or no.

The latest tragic massacre in Kashmir is further reminder that brutal military occupations are good for nothing and no one but the highest of state powers. You cannot expect an open wound being deliberately bled to heal into a magical and safe tourist spot.

A clam on a wooden railing with a stormy grey sea in the background

There it is. The clam before the storm.

Trying to stay hydrated but getting baked, like the rest of the country.

You?

(We should mail).

No lies detected!

Also, as others said, cobalt is super easy.

Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million.

The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.

Not one single post (that I've seen; admittedly I haven't scrolled very far down) about the destruction of 400 acres of forest in the University of Hyderabad, the protesting students, the govt brazening it out, a stay order from the high court and the JCBs ignoring it to continue clearing the place.

April is #DalitHistoryMonth. It is also #PoetryMonth for a number of English-speaking netizens. A few years ago I had done a twitter thread of Dalit and Bahujan poets. This year, I will try to do women.
(I apologise in advance for the lack of alt+text transcript, since I would have to handtype it.)

Gosh! How do you even remember!

Thank you dearest. I'm still only occasionally here but this notification turned up.

Poha, onions, green chili, kothmeer vadams being sun dried on a plastic sheet.

Sabudana vadams in orange, green, red, dark purple and no colour, being sun dried.

After years we made vadams because summer is here early.

There are some amazing offers from the @freelibsnet.bsky.social
for their fundraiser, so do go to their handle to check out everything.

Mine is here:

www.townscript.com/e/library-lo...

Author @gautambhatia88.bsky.social is writing a sequel to his hit novel The Sentence, and for a donation of ₹5000, he will name a character in it after you or someone you would like to give a slice of literary immortality to.
bsky.app/profile/free...

It is not every writer who will offer to give you detailed written feedback on your book-length manuscript. Jerry Pinto is not every writer. You can take his offer in exchange for a ₹50,000 donation to FLN.
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Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:

The image is a poster with several elements. On a [final colour] background, there are several elements of a flyer. There is a photograph of a person looking at camera. Below that, the person’s name, and a description: Anjum Hasan Author and former editor Next to it is this text: For a donation of INR 4000, I will constructively critique a piece of your writing. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

The image is a poster with several elements. One is a block of text which says: Your piece could be fiction or non-fiction and not longer than 10,000 (ten thousand) words. I will also offer reading suggestions and publishing advice. You can email me your writing and I will send detailed feedback within a fortnight. Next to it is a bio of the person making the offer: Anjum Hasan's novels are The Cosmopolitans, Neti, Neti and Lunatic in my Head, and the short story collections A Day in the Life and Difficult Pleasures. She has also published a book of poems called Street on the Hill. Her latest novel, History’s Angel recently won the Godrej LitLive! Fiction Book of the Year and FICCI Fiction Book of the Year awards. Anjum writes for various publications including the Los Angeles Review of Books and the New York Review of Books. Below that, a QR Code, and these words: To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/ In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

The image is a poster with several elements. A block of text describes the work that the Free Libraries Network does: FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all. We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system. Next to it, a block of text describes the Library Love project: Library Love (14–28 February) Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers. Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

The image is a poster with several elements. In large text at centre are these words: Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded. FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

This is no ordinary L💙VE!
We kick off our Library Love fundraiser to campaign for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL
Anjum Hasan is starting us off in style!
#Swipe & scan the QR code on slide 2
OR
Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

The image is a poster with several elements. On a [final colour] background, there are several elements of a flyer. There is a photograph of a person looking at camera. Below that, the person’s name, and a description: K Srilata Author Next to it is this text: For a donation of INR 2000, you and nine other donors will get a three hour poetry workshop over zoom. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

Writing the Palimpsest Poem, an introductory level online workshop meant for those who have a strong interest in poetry, consisting of a presentation, close readings of poems, the introduction of a writing exercise and writing time. Date: 5th April 2025 Time: 9.30 am -12.30 pm Next to it is a bio of the person making the offer: K Srilata is a poet, fiction writer, translator and academic. Her novel ‘Table for Four’ (Penguin, India) was longlisted in 2009 for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Srilata’s most recent collection of poems ‘Three Women in a Single-Room House’ was published by Sahitya Akademi in 2023. Her critically acclaimed book ‘This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story’ (Westland) documents the disability experience. Forthcoming from Westland is her collection of poems based on the Mahabharata. Below that, a QR Code, and these words: To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all. We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system. Library Love (14–28 February) Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers. Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency.

The image is a poster with several elements. In large text at centre are these words: Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded. FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

This is no ordinary L💙VE!
Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL
K Srilata is making an amazing offer.
So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate
OR
Click https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/