Alekhya Mandal

Project Fellow, @bl_eap at ILSR, Kolkata | Digital archivist, photographer, line editor, typographer | Into literature, books, technology | Views individual

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

What are the fundamental categories of literary analysis?
"Vibes, sir?"
Good. What else?
"Aura?"
Correct. And? Come now, gentlemen, this is elementary stuff.
"Is it...is it rizz sir?"
It is indeed. With these 3 criteria, we can assess the achievement of any verbal work of art

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
- archaic
- confusing
- verbose

"It was the mid of times."
- modern
- easy to understand
- succinct

[Alekhya Mandal @AlekhyaMandal]

Photograph, that feels like music.

[Frederik Schröer @FrederikSchroer]

The strangest thing about being unemployed in academia is that I find myself continuing to do the exact same amount of work, with the only difference being that no money will come out of it by the end of the month.

[Samantha Rose Hill @Samantharhill]

"I'm somehow embarrassed to write a letter of recommendation for Susan Sontag..."

Susan Sontag asking Hannah Arendt for a letter of recommendation.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Hastily rebranding our intro to English course

[Bernard T. Joy @bernardtjoy]

Hey! How come @AmericanGwyn is getting all the heat (and credit)? I started it.

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

After years of "Relax! Its the fringe..." apologists. The official BJP handle settles the matter. There is no fringe. This is it.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Hey man just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed opening your recent article in a new tab

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Some of these new Proust translations seem a little loose

[Bernard T. Joy @bernardtjoy]

The word describe/description right away implies imperfectness, the copy or the sketch. Description assumes that that which is described has an independent and ineffable dimension.

I think revolutions in thinking would take place if we realised nothing stands for anything.

[Akshita Mathur @akshitamathur24]

Hello, I’m looking for RAs to transcribe interviews in Hindi/Punjabi for a project on the 1947 Partition. This is a paid opportunity & would involve working at Ashoka Uni. If interested, please dm/comment below; or rt and help a friend out :)

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

*Sufjan stevens voice* I won a lot of debates (in my mind, in my mind)

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

Happy holi all. May you have the colour of more healthy sport in life and less petty games. Best holi start

[MondySpartan @tehmondspartan]

More classic Windows with Vista setup layout.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

🖤🖤🖤

[Alekhya Mandal @AlekhyaMandal]

Happening tomorrow. If you are in Kolkata, would absolutely love to host you! Please RSVP at [email protected]

[Alekhya Mandal @AlekhyaMandal]

@bernardtjoy Absolutely love your tweets, keep it up, and congratulations!

[Yishan @yishan]

Google’s Gemini issue is not really about woke/DEI, and everyone who is obsessing over it has failed to notice the much, MUCH bigger problem that it represents.

(1/n)

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

2 minutes silence for the buffoons who think when you hand over the nation to bigots this wont be the inevitable outcome. A special mention for the prime time buffoons & their owners who wont make a song and dance about this tonight like they do about any random opposition tweet