Just finished reading this delightful book. If you love maps, you’ll love this book for sure. Fascinating stuff about maps used for navigation, controlling epidemics, tracking down serial killers, and finding lost planes in the oceans!

Michael Longley • The Weather in Japan

― Alfred Stieglitz

by the time you read this by the time you are written by the time you forget - W. S. Merwin, "To the present tense"

Donald Hall • The Yellow Room

youtu.be/Ntk0x-Tq0T0?fe… In this special message, writer and translator Suchithra Ramachandran சுசித்ரா | Suchitra reflects on what makes women’s storytelling distinctive. 📝 Submissions open till October 31st, 2025 🌐 manasapublications.com/manasalitprize #ManasaLitPrize

What makes women's stories distinctive? Here are my two cents. Manasa Publications, a new Chennai-based publishing house, is organising a novel competition for emerging women writers. Do apply! For more details, manasapublications.com/manasalitprize

My essay, "Becoming in Translation, for Usawa Literary Review: usawa.in/issue-13/non-f…

Franz Wright: *more poems linked in bio ✨

From talking to trees to moonlight madness,from constant cravings to messy divorces;a misadventure in a massage parlour and more, Sharma combines her talent for description and gift for characterisation with a gentle humour in this collection of 15 stories amazon.in/Once-Upon-Fore…

Break the stranglehold of propaganda over your minds. Think of why such large investments are made in twisting the narrative to benefit the corrupt & the criminal. Break the habit of paying attention to those who have already been exposed as liars & propagandists. Look elsewhere.

Friends, pls share widely and help find these gorgeous pups loving homes. All the details are in the poster. (Also their names ❤️❤️❤️)

Bombay Hangovers (Hindi) has now released! Translated by Dr. Divya Joshi. Amazon link - amazon.in/dp/B0FDWY8JN3 #writingcommunity #hindi #hindistories #shortstories

We at the Review mourn the loss of Fanny Howe (1940-2025). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Poetry interview, along with her poems, from our archive. theparisreview.org/interviews/841…

Two more sewage deaths in the National capital, that too in a hospital premises. Same story repeated - forced to work in toxic fumes without any safety gears! It is also the same story of criminal administrative negligence and political apathy! #stopkillingus #dalitlivesmatter

I saw someone saying that they thought scrolling was affecting their memory formation, because it teaches the brain to immediately discard what it just saw to situate itself in a new context, over and over again. Something to this I think

लड़कियां हमेशा सर्वाईवल मोड में रहेंगी जब तक बापों के हाथ गोलियों से भरी बंदूक रहेगी. —- कोई पिता कैसे जान ले सकता है अपनी बेटी की? वैसे ही जैसे सदियों लेता रहा. कभी कन्या शिशु हत्या, कभी बाल विवाह, कभी सती, कभी गर्भ में ही जान लेकर और कभी यह कहकर कि उस घर से तुम्हारी अर्थी ही