Roomy Naqvy
@roomynaqvy
Translator, Poet. Proud to be Half Parsi. Teach English, Jamia Millia Islamia. Named after Rumi. Good to be a Sufi. Be inclusive. Published variously.
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We are thrilled for our mentor V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan who has just been awarded the The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her stunning second novel, Brotherless Night. Congrats Sugi! npr.org/2024/05/13/125…
It's bad for my Indian genes too! By the way, I love teaching James Joyce. Lucinda Doyle
Ardeshir Irani (1886-1969), a Parsi, directed Alam Ara, India's first sound feature film in 1931. He also produced Kisan Kanya, India's first colour film.
#Parsi Meher Mirza Rashna Gazder Dinshaw Avari
Basu Chatterjee, who passed away, used to direct these Hindi movies, which depicted 'middle class Indian lives'. I love those movies and the songs there. Also, a number of songs that Yogesh (Yogesh Gaur) wrote, were of a similar nature. (He too passed away.) #Hindicinema
Mumbai hoardings. Cyclone. Quotes Amitav Ghosh - refers to his book.
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