হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee

@hairygit

Retired operational research analyst. Fan of Shakespeare, Verdi, Sherlock Holmes stories. Champions Jamesian prose in a world of soundbites.

near London Katılım Şubat 2011

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·28 Oca

This book is on a subject very close to my heart, and I can only hope my love of these plays come through. As well as my thoughts on them, of course. You may order it from contubernalesbooks.com/essays-on-ibsen , or from amzn.eu/d/bX9nj2t .

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·30m

Just filled in a form about my medical record. "Do you have high blood pressure?" I'm asked. I'm in the dentist's waiting room - what do you expect?

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Masih Alinejad 🏳️@AlinejadMasih·4h

Those broken ears? Years of dreams… sitting in a sham trial, waiting to be hanged. They hanged him without giving him the chance to say goodbye to his family. Hate the cruelty enough. Love these innocent lives enough to speak up. 💔 #Iran

Masih Alinejad 🏳️@AlinejadMasih

Today, in Iran, in the middle of a war, the regime executed a 19-year-old national wrestling champion for the crime of joining January protests. 💔 After signaling to the world, including President @realDonaldTrump, that they would halt executions of protesters, the regime has done the exact opposite. Three young protesters, Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi, and Saeed Davoudi, were hanged in Qom after a sham trial. Reports indicate torture. Forced confessions. No access to chosen lawyers. Closed-door proceedings. No right to appeal. I call on @GlobalAthleteHQ to stand with Iranian athletes who are being silenced, imprisoned, and executed simply for raising their voices. This is not just about sports. This is about human dignity.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·2h

In case you don't want to click: "Sex garden to ‘break taboos’ at Chelsea flower show as gnome ban ends"

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·2h

I don't normally associate the Guardian with a sense of humour, but,I must admit, this is some headline! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·4h

“When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.” - Thomas Paine, “Rights of Man” Don’t want to point the finger at anyone, but this line did come to mind when reading some recent polemical writing.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·15h

@phoebus_quietus It is a masterpiece, one of the great European novelsof the 19th century. Neither is this a one-off from this writer: works such as, say, Tristana, Misericordia, Nazarin, etc. are well worth seeking out. Benito Pérez Galdós was a great writer.

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Phoebus Quietus@phoebus_quietus·5d

Found another Penguin (Black Spine) Classic by an Author I've never heard of until recently. This 1000 page novel is considered a Spanish classic work and the Author has been compared to Dickens and Balzac. Do you know it? Thoughts?

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·16h

@1968Tv Possibly the best hat-trick I’ve seen.

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TV Football 1968-92@1968Tv·18h

World Cup 1982 ITV….LIVE Monday 28th June Group A The great Zbigniew Boniek with a superb hat-trick Poland 3-0 Belgium Commentator Gerry Harrison #Poland #Belgium #WorldCup

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·19h

@1968Tv @ggadbt The only reason this is not among my favourite matches is that the Greatest Team Never to Win the World Cup, Brazil of ‘82, were knocked out.

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TV Football 1968-92@1968Tv·1d

The 1982 World Cup was fantastic and brings back so many great memories, as a 15 year old, I would run home from school and get in just in time to make the 4:15pm kick offs, Bryan Robson’s early goal for England against France will live long in the memory, but so will one of the greatest World Cup games of all time, the great Italy 3-2 Brazil game. One amazing World Cup, and one amazing game. #WorldCup

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@rfbogardus @ATRightMovies Terrific film. This & La Dolce Vira were surely the peaks of Fellini's output.

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rfbogardus@rfbogardus·1d

@hairygit @ATRightMovies Absolutely. Add: Fellini’s “8 1/2.”

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All The Right Movies@ATRightMovies·1d

What's the best movie about movies?

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@58rughooker Yes, I remember Lex (as he used to call himself online). I remember his kindness, his wit, and his insatiable intellectual curiosity, right to the end. It’s strange how close you can end up feeling to people whom you haven’t even met!

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Donnah@58rughooker·1d

@hairygit Thanks, Himadri! When I read your post, I was reminded of our good friend John, who lived here in Seattle where I’m visiting. He used to send me a book for my birthday every year. My favorite was an annotated Alice in Wonderland. 😊 I still miss him!

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Donnah@58rughooker·2d

Today is my birthday! I will, unfortunately, be flying most of the day.😛 It’s still fun to have a birthday, though!

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@jepaco @RichardBratby I’m actually OK with the cold (I did grow up in Scotland, after all!) - though probably not at level of Chicago winters. But rather that than the heat! As soon as we get over 20, I start moaning!

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@hairygit @RichardBratby It was -3° in Chicago this morning.

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Richard Bratby@RichardBratby·2d

First sunny, properly mild day in months. The heart of England looks like Eden and the air is like ambrosia!

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@MonardaB I think I do actually notice the authorial voice - and I enjoy it! It's one of the book's attractions!

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Monarda B. Allen@MonardaB·1d

@hairygit You don't even notice it because his storytelling is so good.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·2d

Trollope really loves chatting with his readers, doesn’t he? Nothing wrong with that. If the author is companionable, then the presence of the author is no bad thing.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@JohnSimpsonNews Oh yes, Sterne is wonderful. Hard to think of any book more delightful than Sentimental Journey.

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John Simpson@JohnSimpsonNews·1d

@hairygit And Laurenc Sterne? Wonderful…

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@FootballInT80s Dundee Utd putting 5 past Burossia Moenchengladbach in 81/82 season is also up there. The results they achieved in the 80s really were Roy-of-the-Rovers stuff.

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When Football Was Better@FootballInT80s·2d

On this day in 1987: An incredible night for Dundee Utd as they won 2-1 at Barcelona. The home team had Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes in their side but they failed to overturn their 0-1 deficit that they had going into this QF 2nd leg.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@IainSankey Sometimes, pulling back & disturbing the immersion is the desired effect, I think. At any rate, Dickens, along with Tolstoy, are my favourite novelists, so I guess the effects they achieve are very much to my taste!

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Iain Sankey@IainSankey·1d

@hairygit I find it intrusive and irritating. because it reminds me that I'm just reading a story, which destroys immersion. I'm glad that 'breaking the fourth wall' is not as fashionable as it was in the 19th century. Dickens was the worst culprit: he was such a drama queen! 😀

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@PhilipHensher Yes - I should have mentioned him too.

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Philip Hensher@PhilipHensher·1d

@hairygit Thackeray also excellent at this!

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@MichaelN1756 At one point he tells us that had a character spoken clearly, all problems would be resolved, but then, he asks, "what of my novel?" That made me laugh, esp. as Trollope had already given us enough of the character's state of mind to make it clear WHY she couldn't speak clearly.

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Michael N 🤷🏻‍♂️@MichaelN1756·1d

@hairygit Or he’ll make some very meta comments about publishing realities, or the needs of his novel.

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হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee@hairygit·1d

@cuthbertscoast Oh yes - there's a lot of irony in his conversation. But I do like that conversational tone.

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stephen james@cuthbertscoast·1d

@hairygit Sometimes not meaning what he says. "Get married, have children, live happily ever after" in the middle of a story showing exactly why that is not an answer at all. (I'm reading Can You Forgive Her?)

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