Rashmi Patel

Writer. Artist. She/her. New Jersey. Melbourne. Bangalore. Ahmedabad. Stories and Articles in @BLReview @picadorbooks @livemint @scroll_in & others.

[Rashmi Patel @nomadular]

Silently my words march; outside, storms come and go.

[Today In History @historigins]

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

- John Steinbeck

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

Last Wednesday, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Plimpton Prize–winning story “Bettering Myself” found itself at the center of a lawsuit filed against a Florida college by one of its faculty members. Vinita Prabhakar, the English professor in question, is suing for wrongful termination after being fired for teaching the story, alongside works by Hemingway and Carver, in a unit on unlikable narrators. This week, we’ve unlocked “Bettering Myself,” published in issue no. 204 of the Review, from the archive. https://t.co/282yvZunQY

[Adam C Palmer @ac_palmer]

Must-read article for anyone whose job involves *thinking*

https://t.co/88ezsrjMgz

"The problem with writing with A.I. is that it’s mentally enfeebling...
What, uniquely, does writing do? ... It compels thinking in ways that silent contemplation or spoken language rarely can."

[Pearl Rose @hipearlrose]

men are always like sorry I havent reached out in a few years i was eating this bomb ass lotus flower w this blond chick

[DesiEsco🇮🇳 @DesiEsco7]

AI will take over the jobs in India

meanwhile AI in india-

[MTZ @Tobeech]

Goldman Sachs sacked an executive for not responding quickly enough to a work email while he was on paternity leave. He sued the bank, and a tribunal just awarded him £1.5m

[Rujuta Diwekar @RujutaDiwekar]

We like our goddesses fierce and daughters docile.

[Maryam @hell_line0]

When men center women, their worlds expand.

When women center men, their worlds collapse.

I will not be elaborating further.

[Solyricon @Solyricon]

I've said it before and it bears repeating: You do NOT know the character of a man until he isn't getting what he wants.

[isHaHaHa @hajarkagalwa]

Why don’t politicians today post pictures with their wives like this anymore?

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

The eminent Urdu writer Qurratulain Hyder is best known for her novels, but she also excelled in other genres. I have just finished reading this wonderful anthology of her work, edited and translated into English by Fatima Rizvi and Sufia Kidwai.
@unlimited_women

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Presenting The Rolling Stone Interview with @ZohranKMamdani

The NYC mayor talks about the future of the Democratic Party, what he's learned over his first six months in office, dealing with President Trump, Taylor Swift's wedding, and more.

Read: https://t.co/M9TGLD9kN4

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

"Hope is a responsibility. If you share that with others, it’s also a duty to deliver on it."

Read our interview with @ZohranKMamdani: https://t.co/M9TGLD8MXw

[VIvek Shanbhag @VivekShanbhag0]

Launch of Hyphen, an international literary journal dedicated to translation of Indian language literatures into English. In Bangalore. 26 July 2026.

[Museum @DailyClassicArt]

Simon Leclerc - "Reader"

[Sukhada @appadappajappa]

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