There is a difference between a cultural insider and a ‘tourist-academic’. How can we contribute to our communities who are vulnerable, in a material sense which can remediate the sense of predatory mining of pathos ?

I personally abhor the notion of the access to the field site as extraction oriented one way street. For me the Khaleej is Bayt, and the stories are dialogic as these are my Sadiq- old and new whose pain and aspirations i feel as if my own. We are not data.

I watch Anupama Chopra’s phillum reviews for her poetic language, elevates movie reviews to the next level. Very educated and posh. Malik’s review is worthy of an academic essay.

Every-time, you start something new you become a start up: Pankaj Mishra to Splice Media Podcast

Growth always comes from the deep side of the pool, the sense of incomprehension, the chaos and the discomfort. There is a significant dark side to the positive toxicity cult. CV is always the best selection portfolio.

Re-watched Kahaani with fellow friends and colleagues from five countries and it remains a favorite after a decade, having watched it at Bombay Talkies here. Kolkata is a character in the film especially the cha and the street corner fare. Subtitles transcend language.

Good to meet my septuagenarian grand aunt after a decade and my uncle and niece for an elaborate bong lunch in Singapore today.Transnational families are hybrid spaces as my aunt joined in on a discussion on creative writing from Bombay on a call.My uncle not in the picture, is someone i have always met overseas, the last time at Burjuman in Bur Dubai couple of years back.

#transnational

#migration

Writing is hard as original thinking is hard work, and an attention to language is not easy in any place.

Scholars see their world in disciplinary literature reviews and reading lists, in gaps rather than working to solve wicked problems that mandate a broader pedagogy of thinking and tinkering.

Singaporean Excellence on full display in its vaccination campaign.