Prabhu Guptara

Upcoming Dortort Events - Hillel At UCLA In an era of globalization that encourages homogeneity, Zilka Joseph's Sweet Malida is a timely reminder of the importance of preserving one's unique

On March the 26th, the poet @ZilkaJoseph is to star at UCLA's uclahillel.org/dortortevents/

Prof. Bob White – Are Natural Disasters Inevitable? Insights from Science and Religion | Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

#CambridgeFestival:

#BobWhite is always worth listening to & this should be fascinating, from a Fellow of the #RoyalSociety & Emeritus Professor of #Geophysics, #CambridgeUniversity

www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/event/prof-b...
@buddhistuniversity.net @tricyclemag.bsky.social @buddhistdoor.bsky.social

Crocuses blooming by the Anglican cathedral in Sheffield, UK, as the weather has turned warmer

Author & friend #DebjaniChatterjee writes "The weather has suddenly turned milder. As I walked by our Anglican Cathedral this morning, I saw these lovely crocuses in bloom & had to take a picture.I was on my way to a conference on end-of-life care, a subject I care about deeply"

Touché:

the-relationist.net/2026/02/seen...

Home - Yale University Press

Pretty un-Woke but very thought-provoking:

"Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History"
by Thomas Albert Howard (Yale University Press, yalebooks.yale.edu)

To all Muslim relatives, friends and acquaintances:

Ramadan Mubarak.

Lust, Power and the Talented..! This morning’s Times of India did not just carry a headline. It carried a memory. Three men sentenced to death for gang rape and murder. Clinical words. Legal words. Necessary words. And in the middl...

bobsbanter.com/lust-power-a...

If you live in or around #Cambridge, #UK:

As it is to do with our #money, our #roads, our #schools ...

Here's a very simple way to start doing something about these:

www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4...

Is it still possible to say NO to a #3rdWorldWar?

Is it still possible to end ALL #wars?

Indeed, is it possible to end #militarism itself?

Is it at all possible now to say Yes to #peace?

#Salaam. #Shalom. #Shanti.

Lancelot Ribeiro: A Risen Voice - Symposium - Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A Discover the bold legacy of Lancelot Ribeiro, a visionary émigré artist whose vibrant Expressionism reshaped British visual arts. This symposium brings his legacy into focus through expert insights an...

Ashamed to say that I knew nothing till today about this #Indian's pioneering artistic work in the #UK - and he was the half-brother of #FNSouza!!

www.vam.ac.uk/event/w9oOYB...

Zwischen Visitenkarten-Smalltalk und echter Verbindung liegen Welten. Kein Wunder, dass viele „Networking“ als mühsam, kalt oder berechnend empfinden. Viele haben genau das erlebt: – stehen… | Eva B... Zwischen Visitenkarten-Smalltalk und echter Verbindung liegen Welten. Kein Wunder, dass viele „Networking“ als mühsam, kalt oder berechnend empfinden. Viele haben genau das erlebt: – stehen gelassen...

If you read #German

www.linkedin.com/posts/eva-ba...

A magazine's whole issue discussing the "rise of the anti-human"?!

open.comment.org/announcing-c...
#antihuman

Return of Manusmriti - End of the Welfare State

Hint: If you're on the Right in any country in the world, you now have an easy way of getting rid of the #WelfareState?

www.indiancurrents.org/article-return-of-manusmriti--end-of-the-welfare-state-a-j-philip-2901.php

About - Surpassing Success Surpassing Success Journey to a fulfilling life and business OUR MISSION Surpassing Success is building resources and community to help business people find their purpose and build a fulfilling life a...

Most interesting that they are now being so popular with #businessleaders

www.surpassingsuccess.com/about/

Happy #IndianRepublicDay

An invitation to celebrate & cherish the #ConstitutionOfIndia

The greatest contribution made till then in history towards increasing humaneness

demolishing religious, casteist, social & financial discrimination within the largest group of people in the world

London, 3 February 2026, 5.00pm to 7.00pm at LSE (London School of Economics & Political Science)
lsesu.native.fm/event/gender...

@iskconinc.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social @jessiegender.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com

Delighted that #Edinburgh's #LighthouseBookshop already offers for sale, "Swallowing the Sun"
by the UN champion of #WomensRights

...anticipating the global launch

...starting, intriguingly, in #Scotland

lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781913...
#feminist, #anticolonial #history #musicinfiction

Herding Corporators into a Resort..! There is something profoundly touching about the sight of elected representatives being escorted to a luxury resort, not for a holiday, not for reflection, but for safekeeping. It is democracy wrappe...

What does it signal to the world if you, the political leader, can't even trust the elected representatives from your own Party?

bobsbanter.com/herding-corp...

The Vande Bharat Paradox - Hill Post The Vande Bharat stable of trains is the pride of the Indian railways, and deservedly so. Their coaches are state of the art, comprising...

Is #India institutionalising national delusion?

hillpost.in/2025/12/the-...

So the 1st of the London events for launching "Swallowing the Sun" is now finalised.

Please see the details attached

#PippaRannBooks&Media #WomenOfIndia #FeminismInIndia @britishasiantrust.bsky.social @southasiandiaspora.bsky.social #southasia #BritishAsian

In #English, one programme; in #Hindi, another. Participate in one, or in both

#HumanDignity #HumanRights #IndianConstitution #IndianRepublicDay2026 #RepublicDayIndia2026 #RepublicDay2026

You have no doubt heard the famous statement by Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"?

Well, doesn't it seems as if in certain countries, "Politics has become the first ambition of scoundrels"?

sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com/2026/01/corr...

Want to participate in the last of the London launches of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 5th at Kings College University of London.
DM me...

#pipparannbooks

Want to participate in the London launch of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 3rd at LSE.
DM me...

#pipparannbooks

The 2000-Year-Old Jews of India: Zilka Joseph on a Forgotten History | The Literature Lounge - The Mohua Show

#ForgottenHistory - 2000 years of #Jews in #India - poet Zilka Joseph interviewed for #TheMohuaShow

themohuashow.com/tll/the-2000...
#IndianJews #JewsInIndia #ZilkaJosephPoet

“Mobilising Diaspora for India’s Growth” | India Empire In an era where nations increasingly draw strength from their global communities, few diasporas match the scale, reach, and influence of India’s. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr Thomas Abraham, ...

Have there been any earlier articles on this man and his work?

In any case, it is good to see notice beginning to be given to him, and to his work

www.indiaempire.com/article/2249...

‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows

How strange!

How odd!

Worth investigating....

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Transformed by India: A Life by Stephen P. Huyler Pippa Rann Review by Brian Tanguay I was intrigued by Stephen P. Huyler’s description of his early travels, long before smartphones, GPS, language translation, and social media. Travel was more hi…

What the #CaliforniaReviewOfBooks thinks of this

calirb.com/transformed-...

#biography #memoir #indiatravel #indiaart #indiaculture #booktok #bookstagram #books

In Conversation with Rajesh Mehta: Ambassador Lakshmi Puri - South Asian Herald Ambassador Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is a distinguished Indian diplomat, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and author, known for her extensive work in international development, human rights and wom...

Interview with #LakshmiMPuri author of the debut but multi-prize-winning novel, "Swallowing the Sun"

released: Scotland, Feb 2, & London Feb 4, 2026

& Canada/USA in the Fall

southasianherald.com/in-conversat...

#indiandiplomats #Indianauthors #Indiannovelists #NovelsOfIndia #FictionFromIndia

SIR could roll back decades of progress in women’s political participation Women have been excluded for being ‘absent/shifted’. An overwhelming proportion are married whose names have been deleted from their maternal home, but not included in their married home.

In the world, have we moved from #Globalisation to #Deglobalisation?

And, in India, are we moving from #WomensProgress to #WomensRegress?

"...a very special intensive #deletion of women voters":

indianexpress.com/article/opin...