So true :) Chess is perhaps the only sport in India now apart from cricket and to an extent badminton, where we have some of the best in the world due to the system and not despite the system

Srijan Bhattacharyya is running arguably the best campaign in the state. The optics are way too good considering CPM's PR budget

Six months and one day since Runner made its way into the world. This is the proof copy 😀

This.

Recently I visited Museo Camera, Centre for the Photographic Arts in Gurgaon which had an exhibition on Abbas Ali Darogha's famous book The Beauties of Lucknow, published in 1874, has portraits of women chracterised as 'singers, dancing girls and actresses', many of them female

Alright, this giveaway is closed. Went to the first one who emailed me with full details. Has agreed to pay courier charges
#WorldBookDay

Happy #WorldBookDay : Tune in to 12 hours of literary discussions youtube.com/live/qHGP-h05P…

23 April is the birthday anniversary of Annapurna Devi. Born in 1927 in Maihar. The reclusive sur bahaar and sitaar maestro. Do you know her story?

'Another thing we instinctively do when we are lowly in spirit is to resist. We must not. Let the “low” do what it does. Let it attempt to drown you. It is okay. It will eventually ebb if you allow yourself to remain in a state of stillness.'
--Naveen Kishore

Scenes from an airport | Bombay‌, April 2024

I am not one for world such-and- such days. Barring #WorldBookDay !
Me and my book siblings, four of us who published our first books with HarperCollins in the final quarter of 2023. And the superb Swati Chopra, among the finest non-fiction editors.
Join us?

Not just Everest & MDH, FSSAI likely to review samples of other major spice Brands as well to check for ethylene oxide reports Timsy Jaipuria CNBC-TV18 CNBC-TV18 #MDH #Everest

The gifted conservation architect Kamalika Bose came to listen to my brief book talk in Bombay last week. Such a fortune to have friends who make time to listen to your professional labours Kamalika Bose

Big Breaking:

#CalcuttaHighCourt cancels 2016 #SchoolServiceCommission recruitment panel for Group C,Group D, teachers of class 9-12 in all state govt aided schools of #WestBengal .

23,753 jobs held invalid, all salaries to be returned within 4 weeks.

#CBI probe to continue

In yesterday’s speech PM Modi doesn’t sound like a 2 term majority endorsed, massively popular leader of India with a global reputation but rather a 1st time contender, desperate, using false statements to appeal to atavistic insecurities. It is neither expected nor acceptable.

This is the very least we can do.
The email id: [email protected]
We need 1000 such mails. Please do it.

Spotted #Runner সোহিনী 🌻 | ஸோஹினி | Sohini at Crossword Bookstores Kemp’s Corner!

Hate speech in the middle of a general election. I thought this election's result was a foregone conclusion?
Can you not stop this viciousness ever, even when you are firmly ensconced on the throne?