Posted @withregram • @feminaindia #FeminaTalkies: “Each experience has been unique. But by far, my breakthrough moment was sharing my cancer diagnosis. I was in denial, trying to go through my life as though blood cancer was a cough or cold that would eventually pass. I was encouraged, at that time, by my agents and managers to keep my cancer a secret. I continued doing my work like nothing was wrong. It led to a lot of questions in my head, such as: Why am I hiding this? What have I done wrong? Why is talking about this disease considered a taboo?”
– @@lisaraniray (2019)
📷: Mourya Dandu
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#lisaray #actors #artist #celeb #celebrity #celebrities #celebstyle #bollywood #films #movies #people #magazine #show #feminaindia
In this time outside of time, we can dress up like it’s Diwali any day. Thanks @nainajainkolkata for these splashes of colour and delight. #Souffle love wearing your creations.
Serving you deposed queen, contemplating lost heirlooms, taking comfort in the magic of the unencumbered present. Sabse mushkil baat hai letting go of the staff at the ancestral property. And no more milk and petal baths.
Wearing @shopmulmul
Fresh stock! My local indie bookstore @otterbooksinc just replenished stock of #ClosetotheBone
They are signed and ready for a place on your bookshelf.
Better yet- remember to patronise your local bookstore this festive season. Get in touch with @otterbooksinc if you’d like a personalised copy.
And don’t miss Soleil in the bg as your scroll through. She’s already selecting books for mama and friends
A khoob bhalo experience 🙏🏼✌️
Beams of light surround my beams of light.
Framed against the backdrop of the mountain known as the sleeping elephant. This was sacred healing ground, a part of the traditional territories of the Sinixt (or Lakes) and Ktunaxa (Kutenai) peoples.
Head to mouth to toe in @wearesui a proudly Indian (south Asian) brand with a green heart. Headbands and masks are crafted from leftover fabrics making them waste free ✌️
Thank you @themarilyndenisshow for having me in virtual conversation about my newly released (in North America) memoir #ClosetotheBone
Here’s a clip talking about a pivotal moment which prompted me to break the ‘pathology of perfection’ when I was newly diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. To see the full interview head over to @themarilyndenisshow and hit the link in bio.
@doubledayca @penguinrandomca
Places with minimal human intervention are my jam. Canine intervention, however, always welcome.
#NelsonBC
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Posted @withregram • @davidsuzukifdn A bridge for wildlife. We love this stunning pic taken by @rutgerdenhertog 💚
One Page: Canada’s Virtual Literary Series presents artist and activist @Lisaraniray speaking with film director and screenwriter @IamDeepaMehta about Close to the Bone, Ray’s moving memoir.
Tune in LIVE Thu Dec 3 7-8pm EST
crowdcast.io/e/tpllisaray/
#OnePageLit @OnePageLit
Click on link in bio to register
@ottawawritersfest
Deeply grateful to watch #ClosetotheBone wing it’s way across countries with the hope the words strike a chord wherever it lands 🙏🏼 thank you beautiful readers
Posted @withregram • @shikara_interiors This is the one Book I‘ve been waiting for and It has finally arrived (North America -> UK -> Switzerland) I honestly can’t wait to get started and read about @lisaraniray inspiring journey ~ Close to the Bone
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“The Success we know, the Struggle we don’t”
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#closetothebone#lisaray#travelouge#journey#booknerd#bookworm#readingislife#bucketlist#inspiredaily#switzerland
@doubledayca
A conflagration of clouds. A bonfire of vanities spotted somewhere over the Selkirk Mountains.
@nelsonkootenaylake
As am I 💥
Posted @withregram • @samanta_batra_mehta Waiting with bated breath for my @avnidoshi for the 2020 @thebookerprizes winning announcement today. 🙏🏽
In my heart you’re already a winner. 💜
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Cover illustration and design for the Indian edition of Girl in White Cotton (aka Burnt Sugar UK edition).
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#2020bookerprize #bookerprize2020 #bookerprizeshortlist2020 #bookcover #bookcoverart #bookjacketdesign #drawing #drawingtoday #girlinwhitecotton #burntsugar #avnidoshi #samantabatramehta #pontas @harpercollinsin
Sorry to tell you there’s no Dry Cleaners here. But here you will find many ever lasting things, that even foliage cannot hide.
Posted @withregram • @bhavz15 ‘There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.’
Happy Gurpurab.
Image: Baba Nanak with Bhai Mardana, Pahari Style, early 19th century from the collection of Lucknow Museum
Current book pile.
Well isn’t this a surprise. Thanks for alerting me @dipikablacklist I had no clue of my inclusion on this list along with some outstanding actors (hello @sandymridul !)
This pushes back at my pervading sense of gloom. To quote Jack Gilbert:
‘We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.’
Thank you @filmfare and all the sassy and fabulously messy, talented and mad women of @4moreshotspls (and special thanks to @pritishnandycommunications)
Ms Nandy (@rangitapritishnandy) we have a lot to talk about when we finally get some face time. You are fully to blame for this. And @nupurasthana for capturing – not my best angle – but my best version of Samara Kapoor. Thank you @devikabhagat7 @misschamko for writing this deliciously flawed character. Miss you @nehapartimatiyani not only for your lighting skills but your laugh filling the room just when I was running out of steam. Big salaams to @aasthasharma and team for helping bring Samara to coordinated diva realness. @bhavyaarora and @shraddhabachani for the MUH. And love to an ensemble of fabulously talented, generous performers @iamkirtikulhari @sayanigupta @banij @maanvigagroo
This is already a long, rambling post (many more thanks but I can hear the music cutting me off) which proves it takes a huge, defiantly optimistic team to put game changing content out there.
This is a vote to NOMINATE (ha- gotcha) so get your votes in by Dec 6th. Either way I’m chuffed to be part of this wonderful game ✌️No obligation to vote- but Samara Kapoor would be plenty pleased.
#flyxfilmfareottawards
Have you ordered your copy of #ClosetotheBone now available in the US and Canada?
@doubledayca
Happy pub day to my heart friend, a pilgrim of loss and beauty @thepostcarder
#Loss is an exquisite, pared down, lucid mediation on the inevitable experience of grief we all attempt to choreograph our lives around. Essential reading. And as always, written in elegiac, searing prose.
@harpercollinsin
Have you ordered your copy of #ClosetotheBone now available in the US and Canada?
@doubledayca
Have you ordered your copy of #ClosetotheBone now available in the US and Canada?
@doubledayca
Posted @withregram • @guardian For the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen not to name a word of the year, saying that there were too many words to sum up the events of 2020.
“Coronavirus” was one of the most frequently used nouns in the English language by March. “Pandemic” has seen usage increase by more than 57,000% this year, with “circuit breaker”, “lockdown”, “bubbles”, “face masks” and “key workers” not far behind.
The revolution in working habits has also affected language, with both “remote” and “remotely” seeing more than 300% growth in use.
Other news events have also been reflected in language. Use of “Black Lives Matter” has surged, and the phrase “conspiracy theory”has almost doubled in usage between October 2019 and October 2020. Use of “Brexit”, however, has dropped by 80% this year.
Previous choices for word of the year from Oxford have included “climate emergency” and “post truth”. Rival dictionary Collins chose “lockdown” for its word of the year earlier this month.
This is uplifting news. My friend Namita is one of the hardest working authors out there. I gained an insight into both the world of kids books and her passion for nutrition and Indian cuisine when we were neighbours in Singapore. It’s my pleasure to contribute a small blurb to her forthcoming : go Namita! (I’ve got two categorically and creatively fussy eaters, so need a copy pronto)
@withregram • @indianspicebox My journey to writing Superfoods For Superheroes was simply the result of being a mom to a fussy eater with not the greatest immunity. I took to many story-telling tactics to persuade my son to eat his veggies and drink his ginger-turmeric-honey tea…which seemed to work better than nagging! I spent a lot of time researching foods that would boost his immune system and developing recipes featuring those powerful ingredients. Getting kids to eat healthy and make better choices in the face of Halloween candy, Christmas cookies, fast food and countless birthday cupcakes is tough on kids! Hey even most grown-ups struggle! But finding the right balance is key…and building a deep love for nutrient dense foods or superfoods is going to reap us all rich rewards, for life! In my new book, I acknowledge that my kids aren’t going to pick chia pudding over regular pudding and so instead of focusing on trendy and hard to pronounce superfoods, I highlight kid-friendly, easy to find, affordable everyday superfoods like pomegranates and coconuts and oranges…foods that kids naturally love. The book features fun stories with easy recipes and is gorgeously illustrated by @inicecil and published by @harpercollinsin @afterschooltales We hope you love it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it! #superfoods #kidlit #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookstagram #authorsofinstagram #kidlitauthor #kidfriendlyfood #kidfriendly #kidfoodideas #kidscooking #sgigfoodies #sgig #sgmummy #sgmom #indianmommyblogger #indianmoms #indianmombloggers
