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In the @nytimes talking #Bridgerton and #HeatedRivalry today nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opi…

@gauravsabnis @PayalKapadia86 Such a mood text. Beautiful. I also saw Cactus Pears in November and has a similar quiet resonance

In my previous travels on LatAm, I observed that they have only 1 or 2 Desi movies but they are always good Desi movies or at least what I consider good. Was curious to see what it is this time. Did not disappoint. Best Indian movie of this decade. @PayalKapadia86

In December 1908, after hearing Bipin Chandra Pal speak in Cambridge, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote to his father: “I objected greatly to his not taking the Mohammadans into consideration. Another thing which annoyed me was his repeated references to the spiritual mission of India. India, he said, was “God’s chosen country” and the Indians the “chosen race”— a phrase which reminded me of Israel.” Nehru was then nineteen years of age.

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@DestinyDreadful I want Tierney to confirm or deny

@prof_romance I think we all wanna know that one 🤣 someone had a theory that it was Shane‘s repressed homosexuality.

My time on the ice has arrived. I’ll be interviewing Jacob Tierney, Brendan Brady and Rachel Reid. #heatedrivarly #hr fans. What are some things you’re still dying to have them address? What things would you like to know that they haven’t spoken too much about? Thanks!

since canada and hockey is in rn i have to shout out one of my fave recent romcoms, stay the night (2022) dir. renuka jeyapalan, a very sweet and quiet canadian film about a hockey player and a chronically single woman deciding to have a one-night stand

“People were Brahmins in the center. And then next to the toilets, where it’s very dark, were dozens of people, obviously from lower castes….There is one barrack where they used to put all the Muslims in the same place,” French filmmaker recounts what he saw in Gorakhpur jail

French filmmaker Valentin Hénault’s new book J’avais un rêve indien. Dans l’enfer de la prison de Gorakhpur (“I Had an Indian Dream: In the Hell of Gorakhpur Prison”) — launched in India on 15 Jan 2026 — is a raw account of his month in UP jail in Oct-Nov 2023. He came on a business visa to shoot a documentary on caste discrimination & Dalit women. Arrested during a peaceful Ambedkar land-rights march in Gorakhpur (charged with visa violation; he calls it politically motivated for “media buzz”). What he saw inside: • 300 men crammed in one barrack — no space to sleep or turn • People dying, guards not opening doors • Stark segregation: Muslims in one isolated barrack, upper castes (Brahmins etc.) in the better central areas, lower-caste inmates pushed near the toilets in dark, filthy corners In his ThePrint interview (21 Feb 2026): “I still love India… but I now have a more political vision.” A French outsider’s unfiltered look at prison conditions and how caste still shapes even incarceration in 2023-24. Book currently in French only — clearly needs an English (and Indian languages) translation. #GorakhpurJail #CasteReality #PrisonConditions #India

PARTITION LITERATURE DRIVE Partition Literature focuses on the division of British India into India and Pakistan, particularly the events leading up to it and the suffering of refugees. This drive is meant to be an introduction to those interested. drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

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My wife calls me, panicked. The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife. ‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as soon as you can, he’s really not doing well.’ Me- ‘Wow, that’s scary. Tell me our passphrase and then I’ll send the money.’ Her (it) - ‘What? What passphrase? This is your wife, our son is hurt. Send the money now!!’ Me- ‘I’ll call you back. I don’t believe that this is my wife. If it is, I’m sorry, but we discussed this.’ The number? Spoofed. Easy to do and there’s no way to tell if a phone number is being spoofed aside from hanging up and calling back to confirm. The voice? AI generated. Easily done. A few seconds of audio is all it takes to create a realistic audio deepfake. What can you do? 1) Create a family safe word or passphrase. Ours is definitely not ‘Keep Going’ although we considered it. Discuss the passphrase far away from phones or any recording device. This is as analog as possible. Don’t forget that the trigger for the passphrase is just as important as the phrase itself. So instead of asking ‘what’s the safe word?’ have a separate triggering question. For example, you could say ‘I’m eating banana cream pie’ and this would trigger your spouse to respond ‘purple velvet pillows’ if that’s the safe word. Make it fun, silly, and easy to remember. And DON’T WRITE IT DOWN. 2) Cognitive security is an essential skill in 2026. Assume every image and video you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Expect scams and spammers, and be pleasantly surprised when it’s not. 3) Figure out a backup communication option with people who you absolutely need to be able to reach. Don’t just rely on a phone number for communication. Have redundant, ideally encrypted methods of communication with family. What did I miss? I think (hope) Nikita is wrong on the timeframe- agentic bots like Claude bot are impressive but not quite ready to flood the phone lines in just 90 days. But I think it’s going to be a huge problem by the end of the year. I already get dozens of increasingly realistic spam calls and texts daily- it’s only going to get more annoying. Have a plan to keep your family and your finances safe!

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday encouraged New Yorkers to stay home and check out free New York Public Library e-books and audiobooks — including "Heated Rivalry."

In one short poem, Adivasi poet Jacinta Karketta, has stripped the mask off India’s shamelessly casteist, classist, urban savarna middle class. Listen 🎧 🌿

Love when my words collide. Heated Rivalry gets a shoutout in NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's update on the snow. "I can think of no better excuse for New Yorkers to stay home, take a long nap or take advantage of our public library's offer of free access to Heated Rivalry," he says.

I do *not* want an AI "summary" of an email, or a book, or a life. I do not want an AI summary of a winter sky, or my father's hands, or the hope in my child's eyes. I do not want an AI summary of the human heart, or the first little shiver of lust, or the long good work of love.

Remembering Rohith Vemula on his 10th death anniversary 💙

When Rohith Vemula died seven years ago, the notion of Dalitness was no where close to where it is. His last letter broke the dam of Dalit resistance that had been edging on the verge of explosion for decades. The Dalit discourse we see online today exists because of his words.

WATCH: Native Americans are protesting after ICE detained 4 Oglala Sioux tribal members in Minneapolis. Three are still unaccounted for. Let that sink in. The original Americans are getting treated like “illegal aliens” by masked federal agents.

@PabloPlanovsky glad #heatedrivalry was not made for Netflix

Matt Damon reveló que Netflix exige, por contrato, que las películas tengan diálogos que "expliquen 3 o 4 veces lo que está pasando, porque la gente que está con el teléfono no le presta atención a la pantalla". Realmente la empresa anti cine y anti arte.