Sridala

Because I haven't found it anywhere else online, here's Hoban's "The Dragon underneath the Mat." Sometimes I hum a dragon song.

A huge glass jar of freshly harvested honey.

Honey, from a neighbour's hive. We got greedy and bought this jarful.

Nü Poetry｜From End to End 自末至终 by J.H. Prynne

A JH Prynne poem, with a Chinese translation in Shanghai Poetry Lab. #poetry #JHPrynne #chinese #translation

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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.
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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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