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Mario was a master in drawing with pen and ink. His best work in the genre were done with Coquille pens. I will in this series show you drawings from a book called “Legends of Goa”, authored by Mario Cabral e Sa.

The Science and the Art of the Short Story... (and Mario Coelho's book ... youtu.be/YoNwtrr-XbU?si… via @YouTube

REMINDER: Coming up soon (on Jan 29, 2026, Thursday) The Art and Craft of the Short Story... a book release and discussion....Open to all, you're welcome.... To join this event, please RSVP +91-9822122436 (via WhatsApp message).

@Abdikarindahirr @SalahJama There's no language called Indian. It's actually Hindi.

An #Indian television channel interviewed the deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, and guess what happened 😀 The interviewer was shocked because the Prime Minister spoke perfect Indian. @SalahJama

@warsurveillance Does anyone remember the much-vaunted VTOL Sea Harriers? 16 out of 31 of them crashed out of Goa, India, without taking part in a single operation.... livemint.com/Home-Page/oHZH…

🚀🇺🇸 Incredible but true: the F-35B lands like a helicopter… yet it’s a $100 million stealth fighter jet 🤯 Thanks to its VTOL capability, it can take off and land vertically, redefining modern air combat. ✈️🔥

Rochelle Potkar, on The D'Costa Family (A Novel) ... extract youtu.be/23tUgMo1ZvU?si… via @YouTube

What's the Mhadei diversion issue is all about? Goa's story... youtu.be/5LcCdw7CyCU?si… via @YouTube

@paranjoygt This is very sad. I worked under him (from 2000 km away). A very kind and supportive boss. Political animal keen to follow the twists and turns of happenings in this sphere, beyond from just the surface. But open to all other topics too.

Senior journalist and editor Sankarshan Thakur is no more. RIP

Indian publishers, booksellers call for urgent GST relief ...warning that the current high rates are threatening the nation's book culture and hindering access to knowledge. printweek.in/news/indian-pu… #books #gst #printing

@PIBFactCheck @MIB_India @CBC_MIB @IndiaPostOffice @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @PIB_India There is one more "key difference" between Registered and Speed Post. The latter is charged on a distance basis, while Registered post charges are uniform across India. This means the costs will go up for "Registered Speed Post" items sent over long distances, won't it?

🚨 Is India Post Really Ending Registered Post? Several social media accounts claim that India Post has announced the discontinuation of Registered Post from 1st September 2025! #PIBFactCheck ✅ This claim is misleading! ✅ Registered Post is not getting discontinued. It is merging with Speed Post. Here’s what stays the same👇 ✅ Person-specific delivery ✅ Delivery receipt and real-time tracking ✅ Legal validity & acknowledgments Read more here: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

@GamewithDave Yes! But moved from Win 3.11 straight to GNU/Linux, and have been very happy with the latter since the late 1990s.... In our part of the globe, the license fees for a legit copy of Win 98 was a large chunk of our annual earnings...

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The novel chronicles the valiant hill chieftain Pari and his resistance against the Chera, Chola, and Pandya kings, first appeared as a weekly serial in Ananda Vikatan between Deepavali 2016 and Christmas 2018. It was later released as a book in December 2018 by M.K. Stalin.

Drawing from over 2,200 Sangam-era poems and extensive fieldwork in the Western Ghats with tribal communities, Venkatesan brought alive Pari’s world — a conflict between the hill tribes’ way of life and the agrarian kingdoms’ expanding power. exchange4media [2/3]

In a landmark moment for Tamil literature, Veerayuga Nayagan Velpari, the bestselling novel by Sahitya Akademi-winning author [Leftist] Member of Parliament Su. Venkatesan, crossed 100,000 copies sold — an extraordinary feat in regional publishing. [1/3] exchange4media.com/industry-brief…

Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India By Amanda lanzillo 246 pages. Includes illustrations, bibliographies and index. ISBNs: 978-93-83968-46-6 threeessays.com/product/pious-…

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An Education for Rita: A Memoir, 1975-1985 Brinda Karat Brinda Karat’s memoir sets the Emergency in context, through the eyes of women, mill workers and others.

The RSS: A Menace to India A.G. Noorani “[T]he most comprehensive one-volume history of the RSS to date.” – Aijaz Ahmad, London Review of Books leftword.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Keeping Up the Good Fight: From the Emergency to the Present Day Prabir Purkayastha leftword.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Brinda Karat on the struggles of working as a woman activist and politician | The Hindu On Books podcast thehindu.com/podcast/brinda…