Ronita Chattopadhyay
@ronita.bsky.social
Gave myself permission to be a poet; Love books, mountains and tea; working at the intersection of process documentation and qualitative research in India
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“A man can always command his time under the plea of business; a woman is not allowed any such excuse.”
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
Tenacity, the Art of Integration, and the Key to a Flexible Mind: Wisdom from the Life of Mary Somerville, for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
Inside the hallmark of a great scientist and a great human being — the ability to hold one’s opinions with firm but unfisted fingers.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“A man can always command his time under the plea of business; a woman is not allowed any such excuse.”
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
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I, who am perpetually making notes in the margin of my mind for some final statement, make this mark, waiting for some winter's evening.
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
![[Woman in a Hat by Henri Matisse, circa 1920]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:radq5ea3mto23ckpk7qe4j4v/bafkreihnpoq5mh4th5l4r3xshfygtd3sf7dnvg7rdxzkgwqtqhpfwyal7i@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I, who am perpetually making notes in the margin of my mind for some final statement, make this mark, waiting for some winter's evening.
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
@happilander.bsky.social congratulations!
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@happilander.bsky.social congratulations!
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This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
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You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!
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NOW SHIPPING!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!
STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Getting a few pre-deadline responses out today. 5 days left to submit, and we've got room in all categories - poetry, fiction, scripts, essays, and art!
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Getting a few pre-deadline responses out today. 5 days left to submit, and we've got room in all categories - poetry, fiction, scripts, essays, and art!
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We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
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Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
Dharmendra, iconic Bollywood actor and Indian cinema’s ‘He-Man,’ dies at 89
Dharmendra, a beloved star of Indian cinema, has died at 89. Known for his versatile roles in the 1970s and 1980s, he became a defining presence in Bollywood.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
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ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
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splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
Split/Lip Press Submission Manager
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
Happy birthday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy birthday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
What I read today. Ruminations on grief and patterns of behaviours and languages and homes (and their absence) with Didion and Ernaux and more. Evocative. @atreyee.bsky.social
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
B.A.N.G.L.A
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November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What I read today. Ruminations on grief and patterns of behaviours and languages and homes (and their absence) with Didion and Ernaux and more. Evocative. @atreyee.bsky.social
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
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"Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?"
Disorder (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by Joy Division - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?"
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Social sector people discuss books - all kinds of books - on the Changemakers Book Club hosted by Gunjali Singh. In this episode Stephen Keys and I share our thoughts on Shehan Karunatilaka’s Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
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Chats with the Dead
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November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Social sector people discuss books - all kinds of books - on the Changemakers Book Club hosted by Gunjali Singh. In this episode Stephen Keys and I share our thoughts on Shehan Karunatilaka’s Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
open.spotify.com/episode/6uXd...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uXd...
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made a thing.
on sundays we nap.
on sundays we nap.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
made a thing.
on sundays we nap.
on sundays we nap.
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“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing
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On today's Weekly Features:
Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
On today's Weekly Features:
Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
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No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
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milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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If you're working on submissions this weekend, remember @icefloepress.bsky.social is open to your visionary, expansive hybrids on PROCESS/ MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)D(S)!
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
We've extended our call for subs
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: [email protected]
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you're working on submissions this weekend, remember @icefloepress.bsky.social is open to your visionary, expansive hybrids on PROCESS/ MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)D(S)!
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
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More Flowers by Susan L. Leary
Quiet tensions drive this collection: the ox walking on ice and the voice box buried in a meadow, frayed wings grasping at the updraft. Leary offers More Flowers, pulling us close enough to inspect pa...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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I could use some money and you could have some handmade warmth. Check out my store in ko- fi ?
All these hats are for 30$
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For those in India,
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All these hats are for 30$
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
For those in India,
chembarathicrafts.dm2buy.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I could use some money and you could have some handmade warmth. Check out my store in ko- fi ?
All these hats are for 30$
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
For those in India,
chembarathicrafts.dm2buy.com
All these hats are for 30$
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
For those in India,
chembarathicrafts.dm2buy.com
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Write. Edit. Submit. Get Rejected.
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Write. Edit. Submit. Get Rejected.
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting