Ekta Rathore

@AshokaUniv | @UniofNottingham '20 | Developing Solutions Scholar; law, culture, gender, and literature

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Why Should Protesters Seek Police Permission?

@AnandTeltumbde ✍️

https://t.co/OjxJci5On8

[Frontline @frontline_india]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | The #CommonwealthShortStory Prize’s #AIscandal has exposed how Anglophone #literary prestige has always rewarded a particular, politically contained version of postcolonial writing.

Ekta Rathore writes

https://t.co/MklggaFxWN

[Kevin Cannon @kmcannon]

Foucault, on "Self Writing":

[Ekta Rathore @_ektarathore]

Wrote something earlier this month..
https://t.co/Pw4UHFm5Su

[Jinoy Jose P. (ജിനോയ്‌ ജോസ്‌ പി.) @jinoyjosep]

A uniquely nuanced, historically informed analysis of the Commonwealth Prize AI controversy.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I started denying reality, believing in my own optimism. I said to myself, The war is over. I jotted that sentence down in the Notes app on my phone.”

Nasser Rabah and Wiam El-Tamami on “The War Is Over,” which appears in our Spring issue. https://t.co/UIE4c28mVu

[Headcanon Magazine @headcanonmag]

Issue II of Headcanon Magazine is a gorgeously-crafted & carefully-curated constellation of contemporary poetry, art, mixtapes, collages, & academic readings celebrating Bollywood, & its bodies of desire. It is called Desiring Bollywood.

[Ekta Rathore @_ektarathore]

Wrote something; out soon!

[Headcanon Magazine @headcanonmag]

As we careen towards the moment when Issue II: Desiring Bollywood will finally be in our hands, we sit light-sharpened & wide-eyed, waiting to witness its becoming. To share in this joy with us, we are giddy to invite you to two gatherings, featuring our contributors, editors,

[Headcanon Magazine @headcanonmag]

A red-veiled, gold-spun ode to Hindi cinema: Issue II: Desiring Bollywood, is open for preorder now.

Pick up our most ambitious and vulnerable release yet, out February 23: https://t.co/dQeqWPI5Rf

[Headcanon Magazine @headcanonmag]

In this first (!) instalment of her Jane Austen column, “from love to matrimony in a moment,” @_ektarathore unravels the threads of romance/idealism that make up the fabric of Pride and Prejudice. 🌹 https://t.co/2Gf71rcLHE

[The Himalayan Writing Retreat @HimalayanWrite]

The coming weeks are full of diverse courses, both online and in the Himalayas -
- Non-Fiction Book Writing
- Creative Writing
- Bestseller Blueprint: Book Marketing for Authors
- Blog and Article Writing

Find out more about these courses here -https://t.co/kZ5jlnzQec

[Ekta Rathore @_ektarathore]

Penned a short opinion piece - thanks to team @HimalayanWrite for all the help and guidance, and to the amazing writers we wrote about. Read it here-

https://t.co/5nDZyL8blW

#jantarmantar #protest #writerscommunity #JantarMantarprotest

[brownhistory @brownhistory_]

"In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.”

[Jane Austen First Drafts @Austen1stDrafts]

Interviewer: Under special skills you listed “thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages. Also, something in my air and manner of walking, the tone of my voice, my address.”

Me: I also read… extensively.

Interviewer: Please leave.

[Ekta Rathore @_ektarathore]

@HurryUpKartik Limited weeks of teaching (just about 9) and UCU strikes, together they leave almost no time for meaningful engagement with the text.

[The Folio Society @foliosociety]

The Bell Jar was published 60 years ago today. One of the great poetic novels of the 20th century, it remains essential reading. This spectacular novel comes with a new intro by @Plathbiography, as well as mesmerising illustrations by Alexandra Levasseur. https://t.co/DEChkrGBfw

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@amjuster Not a professor yet. But thank you. 😁

[Ekta Rathore @_ektarathore]

The perfect pager turner biography- @Plathbiography, a scientific, objective yet empathetic of the nuance of the life and art of Sylvia Plath. It made me feel all the feelings over the holidays. Cannot wait to explore her work further this year.

[Vineet Thakur @vineet1232]

Like everything else today, established Delhi think tanks are really just branding and event management arms of the MEA. Which is such a shame because we produce some really, really fine young researchers whose careers are being ruined by them.

[Iqtibas اقتباس @iqtibaas88]

A longish thread on a rare work of famine literature in Urdu from Haryana:

In the summer of the year 1899 CE, a terrible famine struck Northern & Central India as the monsoon rains failed. It was felt acutely in parts of Haryana/Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
1/n

[National Law University Delhi @NLUDofficial]

After spending 10 yrs in prison incl. 8 yrs on death row, Chotkau walked free after his acquittal from the SC. @NLUDofficial is proud of @P39A_nlud which provided legal assistance & ensured his freedom. He was wrongfully convicted by a trial court & HC of rape & murder of a minor