On 12/13/22 9:10 PM, Alok Prasanna Kumar via Silklist wrote:
Couldn't get to read too much this year but would fully recommend The
Dawn of Everything by Dave Graeber and Dave Wengrow. Gives a completely
different perspective and take on human history (though there are some
good critiques on the potential misreading of some of the evidence).
Currently reading Vasudendhra's "Tejo Tungabhadra" in Kannada (it's also
available in English) and "Minor Hints", a series of lectures given by T
Madhava Rao (Diwan of Baroda among other states) to Sayaji Rao Gaekwar.
Random related bit of trivia, Sayaji Rao Gaekwad famously refused/forgot
to pay proper obeisance to King George V at the Delhi Durbar. Recently
found out that there's archival footage of the scene here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvR4WHy80hU
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvR4WHy80hU>
On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 8:29 AM Radhika, Y. via Silklist
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Book list:
1.Migrations. Gloria Gervitz. Translated by Mark Schafer: Lyrical,
audacious, lifelong poem.
2.Ramkali. Shailesh Matiyani. Unexpectedly feminist.
3.A Hundred White Daffodils. Jane Kenyon. A twofer - Jane Kenyon and
Anna Akhmatova!
4.Thinking with Ghalib. Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole. Delightful
intro with contemporary examples for those unfamiliar with Ghalib
like myself.
5.A Life at Noon. Talesbek Asemkulov. Translated by Shelley
Fairweather-Vega. The author's only work but what a translation!
6.A Man in Love. Karl Knaussgard. I'm still not sure what I think
but it's been hypnotic some of the time.
7. The Voices of Marrakesh. Elias Canetti. Is there a German word
that describes a longing for 20th century writing before 1985? This
book satisfies that need.
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