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We've been having so many conversations with all of you dear readers and we realised something - not all of you know all that we do.

An amusing caricature from 1843. An elephant running wild with Lord Auckland in its trunk. A coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle) titled Alarming Situation in India. Source: Wellcome Collection

This Women’s Day you can now send a Women’s Day letter to someone who you think would love a serendipitous long email-letter. #daakvaak #womensday #women #digitalgift shop.daakvaak.com/products/daak-…

@BOMgirltweets Just experimenting! Hope it works out. :)

How cool!

@HaveAIDoIt @JaymeSelwy65901 Thanks both. This is alien speak to us and the whole premise of us as an entity is to not automate but rather personalize despite the tedium. We will still send the emails one by one. :)

@JaymeSelwy65901 @DaakVaak The thing that actually works is a simple n8n flow: webhook → OpenAI prompt with {{firstName}} + {{context}} → Gmail node. Set max 150 words, plain text, ends with one specific question. Gets 2-3x replies.

On International Mother Language Day, this beautiful reminder of the orality of our tongues. ❤️

The Hindi periodical Dharmyug reached even more readers! I wonder if stars ever posed with Dharmyug. #daak #women #southasian

Pooh is a constant. This piece of poetry on the @DaakVaak calendar makes me pause and giggle as I begin my workday. Life in all its colours.

@drcbjee So happy to see this particular poem being posted. We've tried to make sure the calendar offers a mix of profundity, emotion and humour. It isn't often that this one is shared. :D

In our next set of what were women reading post-independence in India. #daak #womenreading #southasianwomen #reading

Mohammed Rafi was touring America in 1979 when he met the boxer Muhammad Ali. They decided to take a picture, planned by Ali. Ali said, "You punch me on the face and I will punch you back". And they laughed about it. Narrated by Shahid Rafi (Rafi’s son) Source: TOI

Folks in Lucknow, this promises to be an unmissable experience. Nostalgic foods in a new avatar by our dear collaborator Chef @ali_taiyaba

Join us over hte next few weeks as we read poetry from this genre and beyond!

@Ntemeghaaaeee We've just run out of stock with the last batch we had. Struggling with excess inventory for other products and don't have the bandwidth to produce again for a while, unfortunately. Hopefully it'll resolve itself and new products will replace it.

@DaakVaak Nooo wby are you discontinuing 🥺🥺 I adoreeee my copy whyyy

This calendar has seen mornings, tea breaks, missed days and small joys. For five years around the world. We’re discontinuing it now. Five final copies remain - after that, this chapter ends. shop.daakvaak.com/products/daak-… #daak #calendar

Parrot addressing Khojasta in Tutinama (Tales of a parrot), commisioned by Akbar, Mughal dynasty, c1556-1565 Have you heard of the farsi work Tutinama?

Why should we care about the Aravali Hills or about rivers, forests, flowers and animals at all? Why should an ancient ridge of stone, a disappearing river or bird matter in lives crowded with constant urgency and noise? Read the full newsletter: daak.substack.com/p/can-nature-s…

Happy new year readers. Here is to leaving behind the old and welcoming the new. #daak #poetry #newyear

@rohanbabu @aagrabakijasmin @likithareddy @ChampacaBooks Thank you for the recommendation! Now on sale and down to the last few dozens. We will be discontinuing these soon, in case folks want to get one ❤️. shop.daakvaak.com/collections/ch…

@aagrabakijasmin @likithareddy @DaakVaak @ChampacaBooks I was looking for Daak but couldn’t find it! Thank you!

I want a very nice desk calendar - can’t seem to find any Typically get the Alicia Souza ones but it’s sold out this time Any recommendations?

@rohanbabu @likithareddy @DaakVaak calendar! Available at @ChampacaBooks Indiranagar