meghna rao
@meghnarao.bsky.social
writer, editor, www.meghnarao.com
i'm in himal mag today, on banu mushtaq's heart lamp—the first-ever kannada book to win the booker prize. a little historical tour into kannada literature and a 70s movement to justify its existence.
Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker-winning ‘Heart Lamp’, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, marks many historic firsts for Kannada literature and offers an unflinching look #Muslim women’s lives in Karnataka #BookerPrize2025
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The roots of Banu Mushtaq’s literary rebellion
LITERATURE NEEDS TO justify its existence from time to time. This is my strong belief, and for years I went in search of some proof of life in Kannada literatur
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May 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
i'm in himal mag today, on banu mushtaq's heart lamp—the first-ever kannada book to win the booker prize. a little historical tour into kannada literature and a 70s movement to justify its existence.
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For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the campus deportation dragnet and the implications it has for us all. jewishcurrents.org/deportation-...
The Deportation Dragnet
With universities’ collaboration, the Trump administration is targeting noncitizens on campus—and paving the way for an expansive immigration crackdown.
jewishcurrents.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the campus deportation dragnet and the implications it has for us all. jewishcurrents.org/deportation-...
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The artist Umber Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH" at the Queens Museum examines the "digital diasporic experience," where "you're in two places at once, and nothing is clean-cut"—by way of the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the '64 World's Fair.
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Umber Majeed Brings Her 'Digital Diasporic Experience' to the Queens Museum
In Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH," open on March 16, she explores the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair.
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March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The artist Umber Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH" at the Queens Museum examines the "digital diasporic experience," where "you're in two places at once, and nothing is clean-cut"—by way of the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the '64 World's Fair.
hellgatenyc.com/umber-majeed...
hellgatenyc.com/umber-majeed...
social RSS feeds, like me getting to see different people's curated lists, would be really cool
February 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
social RSS feeds, like me getting to see different people's curated lists, would be really cool
February 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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today, i am noodling on @meghnarao.bsky.social's reflections on the shape of the internet. (which includes a much needed memorialization of google reader 🥲)
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the shape of the internet
protocols, alexander galloway, bluesky
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February 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
today, i am noodling on @meghnarao.bsky.social's reflections on the shape of the internet. (which includes a much needed memorialization of google reader 🥲)
meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
does anyone here use an rss feed they like
February 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
does anyone here use an rss feed they like
Lucy Sante has a really good new substack on writing
All God's Children Got Rhythm
part three of How to Sit Down
open.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lucy Sante has a really good new substack on writing
🎛️🎛️ @nickpinto.bsky.social chose my @hellgatenyc.com piece on bed stuy's best park dj as his fav of the year!—good coincidence because @estherxlwang.bsky.social is my vote for editor of the year.
hellgatenyc.com/dj-elijah-pr...
hellgatenyc.com/dj-elijah-pr...
December 26, 2024 at 3:10 PM
🎛️🎛️ @nickpinto.bsky.social chose my @hellgatenyc.com piece on bed stuy's best park dj as his fav of the year!—good coincidence because @estherxlwang.bsky.social is my vote for editor of the year.
hellgatenyc.com/dj-elijah-pr...
hellgatenyc.com/dj-elijah-pr...
i was very lucky to read many books in 2024. here were some of my favorites:
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December 26, 2024 at 3:04 PM
i was very lucky to read many books in 2024. here were some of my favorites:
meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-14-bes...
meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-14-bes...
im on dirt’s (more specifically @princessdaisy.bsky.social) top 10! 🏏
December 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
im on dirt’s (more specifically @princessdaisy.bsky.social) top 10! 🏏
target audience: cats
November 19, 2024 at 2:01 AM
target audience: cats
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“It was a website as imagination, a website was *effort*” - @meghnarao.bsky.social
dirt.fyi/article/2024...
dirt.fyi/article/2024...
Space Crone
The website as imagination.
dirt.fyi
June 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
“It was a website as imagination, a website was *effort*” - @meghnarao.bsky.social
dirt.fyi/article/2024...
dirt.fyi/article/2024...
why can't they let me use different formats per page in google sheets, like make one page a docx etc. where is the innovation
August 8, 2023 at 3:53 PM
why can't they let me use different formats per page in google sheets, like make one page a docx etc. where is the innovation
i wish that i could hit a button on an academic paper or online article and have someone print and mail me a beautiful little booklet version
August 1, 2023 at 6:56 PM
i wish that i could hit a button on an academic paper or online article and have someone print and mail me a beautiful little booklet version
my poster's muscle has rly atrophied. i feel so confused on all of these new sites... i remember being 25 and seeing something in the physical world, a shirt on the subway or a stray cat or something, & immediately thinking of a tweet. have lost this skill
July 10, 2023 at 3:56 PM
my poster's muscle has rly atrophied. i feel so confused on all of these new sites... i remember being 25 and seeing something in the physical world, a shirt on the subway or a stray cat or something, & immediately thinking of a tweet. have lost this skill
low-key a platform w 500 users is the perfect size for me
July 5, 2023 at 6:49 PM
low-key a platform w 500 users is the perfect size for me