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18 Jun 2017
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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What exactly is that Jangra fellow being hounded for? For actually SAYING what many men think? I mean if women think that all men think only pious, respectful thoughts about them, they are seriously deluded. Because the evidence that its the opposite is quite overwhelming🙄
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So what you are then asking for is that no one actually SAY things. Lol its like a bandaid on a leprous sore.
Useless.
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Julius Caesar knife block.
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My report on #TheWhiteOwlLiteratureFestivalAndBookFair for @htTweets
Edits: @utterflea
@PenguinIndia @TWO_Nagaland
hindustantimes.com/books/rep…
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Jun 13
Meet the Savarnas by @ProfRavikantK uses fragments of a non-savarna autobiography to present a biography of savarnas. The book looks at the role of caste in everything from corporate ecosystems to matrimony. Review by Irfanullah Farooqi and @char_chapori
hindustantimes.com/s/1WyrvFY
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Jun 13
This week's pick of interesting reads on @htTweets - poems, Chavittunatakam, and Rabindranath Tagore:
hindustantimes.com/s/1XDbygS
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Jun 13
“No biography can fully capture a life”
- @vinodkaul27down, author, Awtar Kaul; An (In) Complete Story, talks to @Arunusual about memory, cinema, and reconstructing the life of his uncle, whose only film, 27 Down (1974), continues to have an impact
hindustantimes.com/s/1XDaWJM
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Jun 13
"The truth is that Manto’s world is peopled by the good as much as by the bad. This selection, then, provides a glimpse into a remarkably eclectic oeuvre."
- Shafey Kidwai reviews Bismillah and Other Stories by Manto, translated by @RakhshandaJalil
hindustantimes.com/s/1XDXsTw
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India and Network-Centric Warfare by @KartikBommakan1 analyses the capabilities of the Indian armed forces when it comes to cyber, electronic, space and quantum technologies and the integration of AI. Review by @Suyash_Desai
hindustantimes.com/s/1XDN2um
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"By eating too much we are bombarding our body with more energy than it needs," says @DrDavidACox, author, The Age Code.
He spoke to me about healthspans, Blue Zones like Okinawa where many live to 100, and the cost of eating too much processed food. Click on link in thread
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On the @htTweets Books page, reviews of Network-Centric Warfare by @KartikBommakan1 and Bismillah and Other Stories by Manto, translated by @RakhshandaJalil an interview with @vinodkaul27down, author, Awtar Kaul; The (In) Complete Story
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Also on the page are pointers to this week's Books&Authors podcast with @DrDavidACox, author, The Age Code; The New Science of Food and How it Can Save Us, and to a review of Meet the Savarnas by @ProfRavikantK
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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
— Charles Bukowski
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This is getting utterly pathetic now.
Another Indian-crewed ship reportedly hit by US strike, 4th such attack in days
hindustantimes.com/s/1XETgoa
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