Kanika Sharma

@GhoshAmitav’s stories have always bent reality in ways that feel visceral and intuitive. Perhaps that’s why The Shadow Lines (a B.A. syllabus staple) continues to haunt me, as I suspect his new book, Ghost-Eye (@HarperCollinsIN), will too. Read? @htTweets. Edit: @zee_talk

From Partition to the present-day, the author explores how the personal often shapes public history. ✍️@kanika4444 @kmahaj thehindu.com/books/books-au…

The Japanese character for “busy,” my wise friend tells me, means “losing one’s heart.”

“To some extent, the always clear-eyed and wise Ishiguro told Mark Lawson, “that’s what makes people interesting: the way they lie to themselves.”

“Once upon a time” will mean different in the 22nd century. Future generations will finally read secret books by @GhoshAmitav, @MargaretAtwood, @Elif_Safak & 97 others—all kept at @FuturelibraryNO. Here is my @htTweets interview with @annebeatehovind, whom I met @JaipurLitFest

"Gossip is the very stuff of literature, the materia prima of which both books and their authors are made," said the delightful Wilfrid Sheed. This has to be my favourite sentence of the day.

"Few people realise that upwards of 15% of Marathi comes from Farsi. Sadly, even fewer are aware of the extraordinary impact of Bombay on Persia over the past 200 years..." my Sunday Read in today's @mumbaimirror includes invaluable inputs from @iamrana: mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-…

‘All cultures are rooted in magic’ ✍️ Kanika Sharma interviews Kiran Desai spectator.com/article/kiran-…

@JamwalNidhi @ChintanIndia @Bharati09 @pankajasrini Thank you! I will go through the online link for now. I can't DM you but will email my number on the shared email address. Please add me to the WA group.

@kanika4444 @ChintanIndia @Bharati09 @pankajasrini Thank you. Email to send pitches is mentioned in my tweet. You can read the first issue here: chintan-india.org/wp-content/upl… All future issues will be uploaded on Chintan’s website. If you want a PDF, DM your number and we will add you to our WA group. Thanks.

A Dream Come True ON AIR—साफ़ हवा पर मासिक, India’s only bilingual webzine on issues of air quality, has been launched by @ChintanIndia. Founder Editor: @JamwalNidhi Web Publisher: @Bharati09 Chief Copy Desk: @pankajasrini Send your story pitches: 📧 onair@chintan-india.org

“It’s this mania for keeping up to date that has killed the art of reading”—Aldous Huxley, These Barren Leaves, 1925.

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Wonderful to receive my first hard copy of GHOST-EYE! The thrill never fades. Pre-order now at: shorturl.at/cNFPL.

My heartiest gratitude to @kanika4444, @runaanu, @EloScicomm for giving me the opportunity and voice to express myself. I am also deeply thankful to my family, close friends and colleagues, who have supported me throughout my journey ❤️🙏🏻

We spent a day on the streets of Delhi, from dawn to midnight, chronicling residents’ struggle with air that’s “severe and life-threatening” — year after year. Spoiler alert: 17-20 times above levels safe for breathing at any place we visited. Free link: nytimes.com/2025/11/30/wor…

Women scientists often do not get recognition and visibility for their achievements as their male peers. Thanks to @IndianExpress @runaanu for highlighting stories like ours which go unnoticed, that hopefully will help to change the gender bias that still exists in society.

#HTWknd ✨| @KanuBehl’s film, Agra, now in theatres, strips away all pretence and stares directly at the rage and violence tied to sex, in the minds of repressed young Indian men. 👉🏻Tap to read: hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-… (@kanika4444 ✍🏻)

A Joint Statement by India’s Independent Filmmakers. Time to speak up.

@gautambhatia88 This was a very endearing read, @gautambhatia88. Thank you for being so honest.

In the latest issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter, I talk about a writer’s journey - or the long, winding road through publishing SFF. [Link in next tweet.]

Amitav Ghosh? László Krasznahorkai? Can Xue? Joy Harjo? Gerald Murnane? Thomas Pynchon? Someone else?