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manjula narayan

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My dad late Commander C Narayanan, Vizag, mid 1970s. He taught me to appreciate good writing and to sniff out fakery #Father'sDay

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#Father'sDay

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Written with wit and great moral clarity, this collection of five stories and a novella, translated from the original Hindi by @sharmavaibhav__, offers a crucial commentary on contemporary social fault lines. @htTweets @utterflea hindustantimes.com/books/review-c…


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I interviewed Ottilie Mulzet (@caringerel), who translated Nobel Laureate László Krasznahorkai’s books from Hungarian to English, for @htTweets. (Edits: @utterflea) hindustantimes.com/books/ottilie-…


"The Dalit as a subject takes a central place in this text, and this Dalit subjectivity travels to nearly 15 countries with us [the diaspora]. Though it is a global story, it is also a very particularly localised form of caste that we see operating in different parts of the…

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“The Amrita Pritam sketch was difficult to write” - Ajeet Cour, author of The Blue Potter talks to @cjmitra hindustantimes.com/books/ajeet-co…


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Reviewed @VidyaKrishnan’s essay on grief #WhiteLilies for @htTweets Edits: @utterflea @WestlandBooks

How do you make sense of having two of those closest to you be snatched away in the span of a weekend? That is partly what Vidya Krishnan’s White Lilies: An Essay on Grief is about - @writerly_life reviews hindustantimes.com/books/review-w…



"Some call them ghosts but I look at them more as energies that coexist with us"  - @SanjoyRoyTWA, author, There's a Ghost in my Room; Living with the Supernatural, talks to me on the Books&Authors #podcast about encountering the paranormal open.spotify.com/episode/3XUnIm…

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- @SanjoyRoyTWA, author, There's a Ghost in my Room; Living with the Supernatural, talks to me on the Books&Authors #podcast about encountering the paranormal
open.spotify.com/episode/3XUnIm…
utterflea's tweet image. "Some call them ghosts but I look at them more as energies that coexist with us" 
- @SanjoyRoyTWA, author, There's a Ghost in my Room; Living with the Supernatural, talks to me on the Books&Authors #podcast about encountering the paranormal
open.spotify.com/episode/3XUnIm…

How do you make sense of having two of those closest to you be snatched away in the span of a weekend? That is partly what Vidya Krishnan’s White Lilies: An Essay on Grief is about - @writerly_life reviews hindustantimes.com/books/review-w…


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Rescued from Andheri’s streets with a broken leg, this once-scared pup is now fully healed and vaccinated. #Mumbai He’s ready for his forever home. To adopt, contact Srishti: 7738214021. RT!

kaalicharan's tweet image. Rescued from Andheri’s streets with a broken leg, this once-scared pup is now fully healed and vaccinated. #Mumbai 

He’s ready for his forever home.  To adopt, contact Srishti: 7738214021.

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This week's pick of interesting reads on @htTweets includes a book on Mumbai's relentless transformation, the next book in the Bombay Mystery series, and a collection of tales that reimagines the myths of Himalayan birds hindustantimes.com/books/ht-picks…


"Sir Syed Daroon-i Khana (by Iftikhar Alam Khan) addressed aspects (of Sir Syed) not covered by other treatises. Ather Farouqui’s translation gives it new life" Sadaf Fatima reviews Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; A Private Life translated by @AFarouqui hindustantimes.com/books/reviewsi…


“Life isn’t solely a matter of individual will and agency” - David Szalay, who won the #BookerPrize earlier this week for 'Flesh' talks to @themindlessmess hindustantimes.com/books/life-isn…


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