@samiralam

Fun loving Bibliophile; from Economics through Journalism to Publishing and Beyond.

 Mumbai-New Delhi, India
Joined July 2009
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Rana Safvi رعنا राना
@iamrana3 Feb 2022
Many first generation Muslim learners in particular girls are able to study because they can do so within the safety of their religious practices. Whether you approve of hijab or not is another debate. We can't make their education, conditional to that. In a democracy
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🙏 If you haven't already, please check out @roughghosts's wonderfully perceptive review of Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful here: bit.ly/3HVFwCO
Joseph Schreiber@roughghosts26 Nov 2021
Replying to @manasharya @rohancht
Thinking about this book, what strikes me is that so many of the poems speak, record, give voice to communal/ancestral experience in a way much contemporary poetry does not. And it does so with sharp moments of beauty and violence that carry the impact of the best photojouralism.
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NEW RELEASE ALERT! We really went down the rabbit hole with #Kalakeri, and now we have 10 NEW #TTRPG #DND5E #ADVENTURES in this epic #DomainofDread, ripe for any #DM to run as is, or adapt away! Check it out and show us some love on @dms_guild: dmsguild.com/product/375993/…
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What an awesome interview! The @PanicNotIndia team was great and I'm really looking forward to the interview going up on youtube! Check it out when it does.
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US edition *COVER REVEAL* for my KUNDIMAN PRIZE-winning second book. Cover @kenjicliu w/art by Jesse Mockrin. W/generous words from @ilya_poet @naravive @janicepariat @DanielHandler @jaswinderbolina Out SEP! DM for ARCs. RT appreciated. PRE-ORDER here: bit.ly/3gAjgl5
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Part 2 of our conversation with @ajitgeorgeSB is now up! Ajit shares some amazing insights and a beginner's guide to becoming a #TTRPG #writer, citing the works of @justicearman @mattcolville and much more! (full video - link in bio) #ravenloft #dnd #dndindia #writerslife
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If #DnD is your thing and you want to make #covidrelief donations to India, here is a fundraiser you can support--run by @PanicNotIndia and my Bombay-based brother/DM @samiralam for @mutualaidindia
PanicNot! @panicnot.bsky.social@PanicNotIndia2 Jun 2021
Meet the crew of The Dreamer in 'Voyage to Ambershine Isle' - Captain Wannaba - born for the stage, and quick to beguile! (art by Mehernaz Patel). Head to PanicNot.in, get the free module, #donate for the upcoming #dlc! #covidrelief #ttrpg #characterart #dndindia
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We loved finding out that @ajitgeorgeSB was as excited to speak to us as we were to speak to him! Full interview premieres at 8pm IST tonight (bio)! #Ravenloft #DungeonsAndDragons #dndindia #ttrpg #storytelling #worldbuilding #AjitGeorge #GothicHorror #afterdark #1on1 #geeks
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Looking for an adventure? Head over to Ambershine this Sunday. Sign up and join the crew here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sOo… #VoyageToAmbershineIsle #VtAI #Aashiyana #AllAboard #PanicNot #dungeonsanddragons #dndindia #rpg #ttrpg
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PanicNot! and 'VOYAGE TO AMBERSHINE ISLE'! Our very first #TTRPG adventure module, written by @samiralam @ankitdayal10 and designed by @liklalall, will be available on 30th May, 2021. Email us at contact@panicnot.in to pre-order your copy! #newrelease #dndindia #coverart #VtAI
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Still some spots left for this: we’re reading Don Mee Choi, Srikant Reddy, Han Kang, Alice Notley, excerpts from The Ramayana, the Odyssey, etc. among others, embarking on a poetic sequence modeling descent narratives. Please RT!
Kundiman@kundimanforever18 Apr 2021
How can our poems reckon with the dead, the ancestors, and the underworld? Sign up now for @rohancht’s 8-week workshop “Katabasis: On Descent!"🌓✨✍️ Sundays 5/2–6/20, 4-6:30 PM ET. Open to writers of color. kundiman.org/online-classes
A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

ALT A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

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How can our poems reckon with the dead, the ancestors, and the underworld? Sign up now for @rohancht’s 8-week workshop “Katabasis: On Descent!"🌓✨✍️ Sundays 5/2–6/20, 4-6:30 PM ET. Open to writers of color. kundiman.org/online-classes
A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

ALT A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

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Teaching a poetry workshop for @kundimanforever. The theme is "descent". We'll open each session by reading poems by poets like Agha Shahid Ali, Shreela Ray, Myung Mi Kim, Raul Zurita, Li-Young Lee, Alice Notley's "The Descent of Alette", Prageeta Sharma's "Grief Sequence" &more!
Kundiman@kundimanforever4 Apr 2021
How might our poems reckon with the dead & the underworld as they seek understanding? @rohancht’s poetry workshop “Katabasis: On Descent,” explores exactly this! 🌓✨ Sundays 5/2–6/20, 4-6:30 PM ET. Open to writers of color, scholarship deadline: 4/15. kundiman.org/online-classes
A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

ALT A poster with a blue and green border featuring a close-up photo of Rohan Chhetri, a man with neck-length black hair, brown skin, round brown glasses. He is wearing an aquamarine shirt and a blue bomber jacket. The poster advertises his class “Katabasis: On Descent” and is open to all Asian writers of color, with scholarships available. Workshop is on Sundays, May 2–June 20, 4:00 PM–6:30 PM ET. Register at kundiman.org/online-classes

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Day 2 of the The Holi Dragon Tournament! DMs: @seandapon, @ankitdayal and Myron Maps by: @inkarnaterpg Winning dice by @nonagondice #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonsanddragonsindia #dndindia #PanicNot #ttrpg #dragons #holi #dnd
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Live on our Discord, right now! The Holi Dragons Tournament, in collaboration with @nonagondice Round 1: 12pm to 3pm Art by Keya Lall and @capefoxalix #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonsanddragonsindia #dndindia #PanicNot #ttrpg #dragons #holi #dnd #happyholi
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In 2020, I’m going to learn how to shapechange into a crow. Failing that, I plan to play more D&D, take more vacations, and do whatever I can to make the world a better place. – at Seattle, WA
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Excited to have two poems from my forthcoming book in the new issue of @NERweb .Thank you to @BarotRick for seeing something in them. The book will be out in 2021 from @tupelopress in the US, and @HarperCollinsIN in India!
New England Review@NERweb17 Dec 2019
Dig in to our winter issue and discover first fictions by Kira Procter and McKenna Marsden, a new English translation of Shang Qin, 13 poets new to NER, and much more! nereview.com/2019/12/17/wint…
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Replying to @ChrisPerkinsDnD
I absolutely cannot claim credit for this, but as the father of a soon to be three year old... I would be down for this? #WhyNot #DnD
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There was no discussion beforehand. I created the Darkmagic family members in secret, based on the notion that one doesn’t get to choose one’s own family. The on-stage family dynamics were 100% improvised, however. #wotcstaff #AcqInc – at Seattle, WA
Brachy@BrachyZoid7 Jun 2019
Replying to @ChrisPerkinsDnD
@ChrisPerkinsDnD Who came up with the relationship and backstory of Jim Darkmagic and his cousins/siblings? was it talked before game or improvised?
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