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Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta

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Public service. Personal account. “The public library is the people’s university.”

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Sports injury, facial reconstructive surgery, near-total loss of vision in one eye... seven months later, the 16yo ran his second 10k today. Teenagers will teenage! 🌷🌱 #resilience

readingkafka's tweet image. Sports injury, facial reconstructive surgery, near-total loss of vision in one eye... seven months later, the 16yo ran his second 10k today. Teenagers will teenage! 🌷🌱 #resilience

Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta 님이 재게시함

ತುಮಕೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, ಮಧುಗಿರಿ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ದಬ್ಬೇಘಟ್ಟ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತಿಯ ಡಿ.ಆರ್.‌ ಸುರೇಶ್‌ ಅವರು ಅರಿವು ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಹುದ್ದೆಗೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಯುವಜನತೆಗೆ ಕಲಿಕಾ ತಾಣವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅರಿವು ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳು. @PriyankKharge @CommrPR


Dowry. Is. Illegal.

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Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta 님이 재게시함

Why don’t women do *insert job that was legally barred to them until the 1970s, requires early and highly specific gate-kept training, and is dominated by a famously misogynistic masculine culture rife with sexual harassment and abuse*


“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” - Apollinaire. Family moments in Karnataka’s rural public libraries: parents, family members, siblings, with kids. Learning is a fun journey. Travel together. 🌷🌿📚🕊️ #ruralpubliclibraries

readingkafka's tweet image. “Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” - Apollinaire. 

Family moments in Karnataka’s rural public libraries: parents, family members, siblings, with kids. Learning is a fun journey. Travel together. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
#ruralpubliclibraries
readingkafka's tweet image. “Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” - Apollinaire. 

Family moments in Karnataka’s rural public libraries: parents, family members, siblings, with kids. Learning is a fun journey. Travel together. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
#ruralpubliclibraries
readingkafka's tweet image. “Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” - Apollinaire. 

Family moments in Karnataka’s rural public libraries: parents, family members, siblings, with kids. Learning is a fun journey. Travel together. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
#ruralpubliclibraries
readingkafka's tweet image. “Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” - Apollinaire. 

Family moments in Karnataka’s rural public libraries: parents, family members, siblings, with kids. Learning is a fun journey. Travel together. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
#ruralpubliclibraries

#Readingnow this sweet little book by Esther David. Love the illustrations too.

readingkafka's tweet image. #Readingnow this sweet little book by Esther David. Love the illustrations too.

Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta 님이 재게시함

'A Farm in Burgundy.' William Rothenstein set off on a tour of France in the early summer of 1906 after receiving a letter from Rainer Maria Rilke, Rodin's assistant inviting him to visit and assess the bust he was making of George Bernard Shaw at his house in Meudon near Paris.

ahistoryinart's tweet image. 'A Farm in Burgundy.' William Rothenstein set off on a tour of France in the early summer of 1906 after receiving a letter from Rainer Maria Rilke, Rodin's assistant inviting him to visit and assess the bust he was making of George Bernard Shaw at his house in Meudon near Paris.

“These children had only seen bunches of bananas hung in shops at fairs. They had never eaten any.” I write about a new collection of Kannada short stories in translation. deccanherald.com/features/books…


Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta 님이 재게시함

ಅರಿವು ಅರಿವು ಎನುತಿಪ್ಪಿರಿ, ಅರಿವು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವೆ? ಹಿಂದಣ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯ ನೋಡಿ ಕಂಡಲ್ಲದೆ ನಿಂದ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯನರಿಯಬಾರದು. ಮುಂದಣ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯುಳಿದಲ್ಲದೆ, ಒಂದು ಪಾದ ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳದು. ನೆಲನ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂದು ಮುಗಿಲೊಳಗೆ ಮಿಂಚಿದಲ್ಲದೆ ತಾನಾಗಬಾರದು. ಗುಹೇಶ್ವರನೆಂಬುದು ಬರಿದೆ ಬಹುದೆ ಹೇಳಿರೆ? ಅರಿವು ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಭೂತಕಾಲದ ಅನುಭವ, ವರ್ತಮಾನದ…


Stunning poem by a child published in BGVS’s Teacher magazine this month. 🌿

readingkafka's tweet image. Stunning poem by a child published in BGVS’s Teacher magazine this month. 🌿

Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta 님이 재게시함

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” - Frederick Douglass. #publiclibrariesforall

readingkafka's tweet image. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” - Frederick Douglass. 

#publiclibrariesforall

“If you have a library and a garden, you have everything you need.” – Cicero. Image: Woman reader at the rural public library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

readingkafka's tweet image. “If you have a library and a garden, you have everything you need.” – Cicero. 

Image: Woman reader at the rural public library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

“‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” - E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web. Images: Kids playing outside the village library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

readingkafka's tweet image. “‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” - E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web. 

Images: Kids playing outside the village library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
readingkafka's tweet image. “‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” - E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web. 

Images: Kids playing outside the village library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
readingkafka's tweet image. “‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” - E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web. 

Images: Kids playing outside the village library. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

Delighted to attend the Annual Day celebrations at National Public School, Yeshwanthpur today as Chief Guest. I reminded the students of the words of John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” 🌷🌿📚🕊️

readingkafka's tweet image. Delighted to attend the Annual Day celebrations at National Public School, Yeshwanthpur today as Chief Guest. I reminded the students of the words of John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” 🌷🌿📚🕊️

“Every child is an artist.” - Picasso. Postcards from a rural public library in Sindhanur Taluk, Raichur. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

readingkafka's tweet image. “Every child is an artist.” - Picasso. 

Postcards from a rural public library in Sindhanur Taluk, Raichur. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
readingkafka's tweet image. “Every child is an artist.” - Picasso. 

Postcards from a rural public library in Sindhanur Taluk, Raichur. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
readingkafka's tweet image. “Every child is an artist.” - Picasso. 

Postcards from a rural public library in Sindhanur Taluk, Raichur. 🌷🌿📚🕊️
readingkafka's tweet image. “Every child is an artist.” - Picasso. 

Postcards from a rural public library in Sindhanur Taluk, Raichur. 🌷🌿📚🕊️

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