"autumnal borne" a reading of my poem at the Yercaud Poetry Festival 202... youtu.be/it9wmVtrZa8?si… via YouTube

The second of my Bollywwod film and French philosophy lecture series at Alliance Francaise D'Ahmedabad. Huge thank you to Emmanuel Bouttiau. Folks, do come. 6th December.

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Poetry in Dark Times (29th October 2024) youtu.be/LIMZACygqL0?si… via YouTube

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Decades before Joe Sacco redefined comics as reportage, Chittaprosad turned his art into protest, documenting the Bengal Famine with unflinching honesty. His work captured the horror, humanity, and injustice - India's pioneer of visual storytelling as activism.

youtu.be/b4TlQiHZoek I am sharing a link to the full video of my talk on Cinematic Adaptations through the work of Deleuze and Guattari and other French thinkers such as Foucault, Kristeva and Irigaray delivered at Alliance Francaise d'Ahmedabad on 6th December, 2024.

first poem of the year, 2025- "translated into poetry" youtu.be/ZfdOGaJdVEM?si… via YouTube

Research in English Studies Emerging Paradigms (Pandit Deen Dayal Unive... youtu.be/mx0moHNV2LM?si… via YouTube

Thank you Romila Thappar! One of the latest disappointments for me was Anand Patwardhan blaming the left academics for the rise of the right in India. I was shocked to hear him label Arundhati Roy's profound and deeply researched piece as "ahistorcal" #bullshit is right.

Did Bhansali Get Gangubai’s Story Wrong? | What Does Empowerment Mean fo... youtu.be/zf9iZUrNnUo?si… via YouTube

Session5 : "Romantic and Victorian Criticism" by Dr. Sonali Pattnaik on ... youtu.be/WZI1f4s0ojY?si… via YouTube

Salute!

Honoured beyond measure to be invited to Alliance Literary Festival Bangalore, February 13th, 14th and 15th. I am speaking on gender and cinema and reading my poetry with wonderful poets and scholars. instagram.com/p/DFX7DwWBmLM/…

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A few days ago I had a terrible Uber taxi experience. The driver was called Gabbar and would not drive the car up to the point I was standing, a few metres away. After I got in with my eleven yr old daughter he started singing an inappropriate song very loudly.

Unnerved, I asked him why he's singing this way. He replied, "I want to". He proceeded to say "Sister, if you dont like it I'll stop. Now tell me you will forgive me". I ignored him but I noticed his reddened eyes in the mirror and general aggressive driving and just asked him

to stop by the side of the road. Had to ask a few times before ge did. We got off. I had to pay the whole amount even though it had been 3 mins. I called Uber to report the incident. I had a person reassure me that they take this very seriously and he would be putting me in touch

with an appropriate authority and explain the details to her. She was also very good at the 'speak' assuring me that they would deal with this very strictly and do not take this lightly. I was told they would be keeping me updated with every action taken at their end.

It has been three weeks since the incident where I was assured action within a few hours and NOT A SINGLE MESSAGE from Uber about absolutely any action against the horrific invudent whatsover. This level of double speak is what systains violence against women. Uber India