kumar harsh

Literature, classical music, IAS

[Satyanand Nirupam @satya_nirupam]

I write because I’m unhappy. I write because it’s a way of fighting unhappiness.

~Mario Vargas Llosa

[Janus Films @janusfilms]

A sketch from Satyajit Ray's unproduced THE ALIEN.

[Sanjay Sipahimalani @SanSip]

My plan for the day. https://t.co/QyFf56L6qI

[Rajat Ubhaykar @rajatub]

The first reference to a storm in Odisha can be found in Kharavela's Hathigumpha inscription (1st century BCE).

"In the very first year of his coronation, he caused to be repaired the gate, rampart and structures of the fort of Kalinga Nagari, which had been damaged by storm..."

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

Cities on the GT road

[Nishpriha Thakur @NishprihaT]

Har ek Khidki mein ek Shahar basta hai

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

@anshulguptaias But is cess an efficient instrument? I mean monetary means can only go so far in offsetting resource crunch that is essentially non renewable in the short term.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

@aakashron @rajatub Yes, Disgrace and Life and times of Michael K is where Coetzee’s writing reaches its pinnacle.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

@aakashron @rajatub Hadn’t thought of this one. But since you mentioned it, I do think it’s heart wrenching.

[Benjamin Ramm @BenjaminRamm]

This astonishing photo of #NotreDame looks like a painting by Turner of an empire in ruin.

[Indian Art @IndiaArtHistory]

Warren Hastings meets the Nawab of Oudh at Lucknow in 1784. An oil on canvas by Johan Zoffany. It is on display in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta.
Claude Martin is seated on the floor 3rd from the right.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

Brilliant piece by @NishprihaT discerning change and growth in terms of spatiality.

[Chiragh Dilli @chiraghdelhi]

'Aren’t spaces...a retrospective idea? Where we lived was the city. The city lies there, right there. With its own connections, networks and houses.' Read new guest post on the city of Surat seen through its processes of morphing by @NishprihaT: https://t.co/ZYMDBMIbuI

[Pico Iyer @PicoIyer]

Transcendence is essentially the opposite of escapism. One suggests turning away from real life; the other, finding the light and beauty within it.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

Balrampur days. 10 km from Nepal.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

Brilliant.

[The Cinegogue @TheCinegogue]

Stunning composition in the films of the master Yasujirô Ozu.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

You can always tell when Sting has been in to return his books.

[Ira Mukhoty @mukhoty]

The painstaking n elaborate business of book-making in the 17th c, Deccan.
Top floor-paper pulp spread to dry
Below that, calligraphy n illustration
Finally the distribution of completed manuscript- the David Collection

[Nishpriha Thakur @NishprihaT]

One must always be in the right posture to be in the right mind. Read as you sleep and think as you walk. A piece on reading by me :)

https://t.co/cLDs8ZgI6c

[Ranjit Hoskote @ranjithoskote]

ek jagah par jaise bhañvar haiñ lekin chakkar rahtā hai
yaʿnī vat̤an daryā hai us meñ chār t̤araf haiñ safar meñ ab

Like the whirlpool, still centre of a giddy circling,
the homeland's an ocean on which we're scattered in all directions.

Mir Taqi Mir (Divan-e Panjum: V.1579.4)

[IAS Association @IASassociation]

Highly condemnable incident of mob attacking of Vanmathi C, IAS, SDM, Nandurbar, Maharashtra. Strict action should be taken against the culprits. Government to should take firm steps to protect it's officers on field working in challenging circumstances.

[kumar harsh @kumarharsh_ias]

https://t.co/6JhHedChRz