Oindrila Mukherjee

Author of the novel The Dream Builders published by @Tin_House @scribepub @HarperCollinsIN Creative Writing Prof @gvsu #Indian in the USA. Pluviophile

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This week I realized many in #Kolkata are afraid of donating blood. Folks, it doesn’t hurt you! We should do this periodically as good citizens. The demand in #India far exceeds supply. If you want to do something for others that won’t cost you anything, consider donating blood.

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Today is the 105th birth anniversary of India’s greatest filmmaker, Satyajit Ray. Last month I spoke to Heather Bigley, host of the podcast Voiceover: Movies That Move Us about my favorite film. #satyajitray #worldcinema
Charulata: Silence and Subtext https://t.co/X7fbXFxrJw

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Happy Diwali, Happy Halloween. Happy Last Day of October.

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It was such a pleasure to hear @PaisleyRekdal read from her brilliant & acclaimed book West: A Translation & to hear her talk about her work tonight at
@GVSU for Poetry Night.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This picture was taken in 1885 and shows Anandibai Joshi of India, Keiko Okami of Japan, and Sabat Islambouli of Syria

They became the first licensed female doctors in their respective countries.

All were students at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.

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Had a wonderful time on the fiction panel discussing the various genres we write in with these amazing authors at the #louisvillebookfestival @wesblake_ @RitaWoodsAuthor @BethDotsonBrown & Meg Shaffer.

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@sarah_wwang @littlebrown @SterlingLordLit Congratulations! Wonderful news.

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@GeminiWahhaj_ @khemaryal Thank You!!

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When confronted with the horror of humanity, we have to ask ourselves what it means to be human.

In this interview, Han Kang, the first South Korean writer to win the #NobelPrize in Literature, talks about her relationship with books & humanity.
https://t.co/udrRiCunxH

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Saw him perform live in Grand Rapids two days ago. He’s quite the showman too. This is beautiful.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

A #songofcomfort for anyone who needs it.

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A little bit of my childhood about to be lost forever.

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

Kolkata’s iconic tram system, since 1873, is nearing its end as the Govt. plans to discontinue most routes. Kolkata—India’s last city with a functioning tram system—will now only keep one route operational. A thread of images from the golden days of #KolkataTram 1/18

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It’s nice to see Indian immigrants in Grand Rapids making art & participating in #ArtPrize Harminder Boparai’s entry, Courtship Dance, three peacocks made out of scrap metal, was installed outside Devos Place. https://t.co/f42O5KOgdT

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

UK Artist Prudence Staite created a playable chocolate record which worked just like a vinyl record, and played 'You Sexy Thing' by the band Hot Chocolate #WomensArt

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Smith captured something alarming, tense, & ultimately freeing in her portraits of women who exist outside the traditional boundaries of a nuclear family.

https://t.co/5BQM2ZJnn1

[Loy A. Webb @mslawebb]

Someone could be going through their darkest time in life. Then they see a film, listen to a song, read a book, hear a comedy routine, or see a painting & suddenly in their darkness appears a light. I don’t care how hard the business is don’t give up on your art! It holds power

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“If you want your children to be intelligent,” Einstein is said to have said, “read them fairy tales. If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

On Arthur Rackham's birthday, his 100-year-old illustrations of Irish fairy tales https://t.co/S9Zm3J3WmJ

[National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics]

NBCC member @mvenk82 created a literary map of South Asian America for @ElectricLit, illustrated by Nuri Bhuiyan. It maps out post-2010 fiction set across the American landscape—beyond just the two major coasts—by South Asian authors. Check It out here: https://t.co/jdqnWUas3r

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@LJ_MI @GVSU @GVSUWritingDept Blue Dot

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Tonight @LJ_MI & I joined friends & colleagues from across @GVSU to celebrate our promotion to full Professor. We are the two immigrants in the dept, promoted together! Here we are with the chair of @GVSUWritingDept Amy Stolley. Thanks to everyone at GVSU for the last 13 years!