Cuba’s collapse has long been predicted; this time, it feels unmistakably real.

From the book Touch by @kandasamy.bsky.social #Poetry #love #Pain

Of Mall Road, Chowraasta, Oxford bookstore and a window view. Life in greyscale #Darjeeling #Travel #books

Goodreads reviews of KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER: "completely bizarre and completely, completely charming" "these illustrations were LIT" "bizarrely beautiful" "sure wish I could find a man with 4+ arms to teach me karate and shapes" BACK OUR REPRINT DRIVE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Why you will never marry! (Source: Lone Fox Dancing - an autobiography, Ruskin Bond, 2017)

A window view. The dusk. Live singing. A Good tea and ambience. A perfect set up to write. #Darjeeljng #travel #weekend

I”d like to see the city and its vibrancy in greyscale. Maybe it goes with my mood. But still beautiful. Mall Road. Deserted lanes. Chowraasta. And the Meat market. #Darjeeling. #Winters.

After 10 years revisiting #Darjeeling A supposed romantic night at Glenary’s turned sour as someone just didn’t turn up. It’s Valentine’s Day.

judyfaylondon.com/2026/01/23/b... #poem #poetry #dictatorship #liveinaDictatorship

Lawyers for the federal government have filed a motion to expedite the deportation of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy in the blue conejo hat whose image rocketed around the world after federal agents detained him and his father in Minnesota last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

GOV. SHAPIRO: “.. this guy always seems to find a lower and lower common denominator..” @governor.pa.gov

Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues | Elle Hunt

Some poems don’t whisper, they warn. The 2nd person address is confrontational but the poet deliberately avoids naming the guilty, meaning 76 years later there is still terrible truth and relevance in this poem. “Do not feel safe. The poet remembers.” #poetry #poemoftheday

ANALYST BRENT THILL, on AI’s impact on jobs: “.. It’s really scary. I have two kids in college and I — I’m scared. I think we’re scared for the new graduates. .. Everyone is bracing. This is starting to have an impact. You can already see it.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...

History repeats itself | No PM Modi address in Lok Sabha: When Manmohan faced the same predicament in 2004 Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/histor... #BJP #Loksabha #MMS

Of trees and growing old together. #Trees #aging #love #Bonding

Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“I am still on my zigzag way, pursuing the diagonal between reason and heart.” ― Ruskin Bond, Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

The all-stock transaction revolved around a small Chinese firm with less than $6 million in revenues, which went public just six months ago and saw its stock skyrocket over 650%

Olivia Dean & Lola Young have the potential to join a historic list of British ‘Best New Artist’ Grammy winners this Sunday. Prior winners include Sam Smith, Adele, Amy Winehouse & Dua Lipa.

US politics is like a Safdie movie where a gang of billionaire creeps—linked by a dead pedophile—wreck the country to save themselves.

President Trump, Elon Musk and Richard Branson were among the prominent figures who exchanged messages or visited with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the latest batch of Epstein files released by the Justice Department. Here’s what to know.

Hope, like the Hyena. …On earth but love, there’s no other pleasure.

“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

India's wealthy embrace a new luxury symbol: water reut.rs/4apzISc

This is a red flag. Water is not a luxury item or status symbol.

Nostalgia kicking in. From the hills #Darjeeling #Mountainlife

Given the current political climate, I refuse to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay this year. Instead, I'm asking poets who stand in solidarity with Athika Ahmed to join me in creating a collaborative poem of unapologetic women's voices. More info 👇🏼 tinyurl.com/3enbvbjh #PoetrySky #PoetyRebellion

Canada's PM Carney will visit India in March to sign deals on uranium, energy, minerals and AI.

Gandhi Talks. Go watch it. It’s an experience. Amid the noise, chaos all around, and the aggressive Jai Shri Ram call to propogate violence daily, this movie, with enchanting music, no dialogues and some wonderful acting, is pure ♥️. #GandhiTalks #ArvindSwamy #AditiRao #ArRahman #VijaySethupthi

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

The invasions will continue until the Peace Prize is awarded www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In the mood for ❤️ …

‘Love can be an addiction’: Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency – in pictures

Somewhat over a month after huge flooding cuased by cyclone Sri Lanka struggles to recover. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide

Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 123 Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction. Published On 29 Nov 202529 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Sri Lanka has made an…

Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded and sinking capital, has displaced Tokyo as the most populated city in the world, according to the UN, thanks to its new way of counting urban populations.

Taylor Swift ticket buyers can press ahead with Live Nation lawsuit reut.rs/4p0SpRf

An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition. #art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour

As cruise travel hits record demand, cases of sexual assault on ships have also risen. Many accusers learn that the rights they had on land don’t always apply.

A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #Glacier #Himalayas

Gonna immerse myself in this book over the next few days. What more! Month long vacation starts. #Day1 off to #ArunachalPradesh #TravelDiaries

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/in... Karnataka government approves one day paid leave for working women in both private and public sectors #Genderrights #empowerment #Goodgovernance

Troops Deployed After Day of Violent Protests in Nepal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...

Two-time Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished runner-up in the Diamond League Finals for the third time in a row as Julian Weber of Germany lifted his maiden trophy with two 90m-plus throws in a commanding show in Zurich on Thursday www.thehindu.com/sport/athlet...

Here I am, back again. This time, to find solace and rant from #Pondicherry.

Journalists constantly guzzle information from countless sources without permission or payment, but we never hear about that. AI guzzled millions of books without permission. Authors are fighting back. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...