Nilanjana Bhattacharjya

You are amazing. You send things out, which is more than most people do. This never gets old: amp.theguardian.com/books/2015/o...

I think I’m the only person who comes out ahead here. People don’t gasp at my last name. But then if they ask if we’re related, I would have to say hell no.

Happy 85th birthday Wendy Carlos, who revolutionised the synth with Bob Moog, made electronic music before Eno & Kraftwerk, & composed scores for Tron, Clockwork Orange and The Shining. A trans icon, Carlos gave few interviews but this BBC one features her beloved cat www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ca...

YouTube video by maryam tafakory Irani Bag / کیف ایرانی by Maryam Tafakory

Loved being able to share this amazing video essay with my students today.
youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...

"Sorrow is composed of a heart in autumn."

A few notes on translating Xin Qiji's short lyric that I had a written a while back. (yes, it's on my substack, only bc I needed to find a place to park it after the original publishing site disappeared...) open.substack.com/pub/chowleen...

Because he can’t be an American patriot, and because Trump is GOAT apparently. I can’t wait for them to tear each other down.

Please join the South Asian film and media studies community here! Please add friends and colleagues, and let me know if you'd like to be included. go.bsky.app/7n3AdXG

Benjamin Swett Benjamin Swett is the author of Route 22 and New York City of Trees, which won the 2013 New York City Book Award for Photography. He teaches writing at the City College of New York and was named the L...

FYI, not an imprint , but my friend Benjamin Swett just had his (new) book published by them last week! It’s a great read. www.nyrb.com/collections/...

“Let me speak plainly: It is not antisemitic to demand justice for all Palestinians living in their ancestral lands.”

Love this whole article.

Ice cream all day.
Ick. Feel better soon.

Merry Christmas, early modern Indian-style (1630, Golconda)

asia.si.edu/explore-art-...

I am… the dog, alas. I have received exactly three fleece throws as swag from school, and even in Arizona, they are wonderful.

Aka “Pakistan did it. Always. Every time. It’s them.”

Your dog and I both

Cover of Streaming Music, Streaming Capital by Eric Drott. Image features a cracked phone screen with audio waves depicted at the top of the screen against an orange background. The bottom three-quarters of the cover is black.

Eric Drott’s “Streaming Music, Streaming Capital” analyzes the political economy of online music streaming platforms. Read the free intro & pre-order the book for 50% off with coupon CYBER23! www.dukeupress.edu/streaming-mu...

This looks great:

www.hurstpublishers.com/book/anarchy...

They regularly deduct almost $750-800 a year for my parking fee, which is absurd.

We have an United Way campaign at school. Since that benefits the community, I feel better giving up that part of my paycheck toward my donation. I feel worse about paying for parking.

That was a lot to take on before my coffee. The layers. That song.

amp.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Cover of book of poetry "The Blue Clerk" by Dionne Brand.

"I was sitting there on the edge of my chair with a decision to make—pass on the war.. or climb the stairs, go to sleep.. read the score in the morning..
Not yet immune to the real-real, I sat and watched with such anxiety, such nausea—it seemed.. immoral to go to sleep"
Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk

Out of context, for sure. Behold the ghost of Christmas Past, just in time for the holidays

He tried to prevent Brexit— and he’s replacing Suella Braverman. Two good things, completely out of context.

Celebrating Suella Braverman’s getting fired as a small win this morning.

Academic friends, please spread the word about a postdoc opportunity at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication at Annenberg/Penn. www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

8 Writers on Taylor Swift and the State of Music Journalism "In the future, we will cut through the sludge of history and the sideview will show a landscape of dinosaur bones under this bright layer of neon and sparkles."

I asked a bunch of my favorite music journalists what they thought about Gannett's new Taylor Swift reporter/the state of music journalism/etc. Here's what they had to say: www.readtpa.com/p/8-writers-...

I’m old.

My niece eats these. Ask @durjoy.bsky.social