An excellent article by Shubhangi Misra at ThePrintIndia about the Parsi community and the Uniform Civil Code. theprint.in/ground-reports…

Why is sushi so expensive to order from food delivery apps in New Delhi? And I guess costly at restaurants too

#satire Sucheta Dalal

Remembering Gujarati poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter Rashtriya Shayar Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani (1896 – 1947 AD) on his 128th birth anniversary today. He is a well-known name in the field of Gujarati folk literature.

PLANT THINKERS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BENGAL This book, contracted nearly 6yrs ago, will be published by Oxford University Press next month. It is a record of philosophical botany that I've discovered in writers, scientists, artists &the collective anonymous academic.oup.com/book/57953

Started teaching special paper on Satire (that I designed myself) to BA Sem 1 students. We will be completing George Orwell's Animal Farm soon. Next is Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Its going to be enjoyable teaching this and my students are filled with enthusiasm as well.

This is excellent news. #poetry #loveforpoetry

#Satire The texts in the newly introduced (but a watered down version of a more specialised course on Satire I had taught to MA many years ago) FYUP, Multidisciplinary Course -- designed by yours truly are as follows: (to be studied in this format - 5 novels, 5 units, BA Hons

The second one arrived. Picked this off the recommendation of Roomy Naqvy for one of his young mentees. Flipped a few pages already. Simple, lucid storytelling and an apt translation by Daisy Rockwell ڈیزی راکویل डेज़ी राक्वैल

Going to teach James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to MA tomorrow. Very excited about Joyce as always.

"He thought he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place"-- James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Just Joyce Daragh O'Connell

Will be reading Joyce's Portrait very closely in the classroom.

Excellent news, Daisy Rockwell ڈیزی راکویل डेज़ी राक्वैल

I don't know how much of this is true in every case. And if success is only defined by financial means. But one understands the drift of the argument.

aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/30… Why is Namibia culling elephants and hippos for meat?

"(My father) he taught me that success is your ability to rise above your discomfort, whatever be your current state of wealth"-- Subroto Bagchi, entrepreneur. Mirrors what Stephen Dedalus does in James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

An excellent article to read

Getting RCT (root canal treatment) in a few teeth done and some other dental work too. Been over two weeks. Might write a poem called "The Dentist and the Professor". Tagging those who have met me in person Pramod Subbaraman 🦷 Sahana Ahmed Yashovardhan Jha Azad

Cause for concern. moneycontrol.com/news/india/iit…

Copies of Legato without a Lisp reached me this morning. It is my eighth book of poetry. CLASSIX, an imprint of Hawakal, New Delhi, published it. (September 2024). Heartfelt thanks to Kiriti Sengupta and Bitan Chakraborty. The book contains 102 poems, more than 70 percent new