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blaftness

  1. New blog post -- The Tamil pulp novel is alive and well blaftblog.blogspot.it/2012/05/tamil-… about 11 hours ago via web
  2. WOW! RT @ChapatiMystery The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World exhibitions.nypl.org/africansindian… about 12 hours ago via web in reply to ChapatiMystery
  3. Hey! We have a fan! Who knew the "chairman of cyberpunk" grew up in Chennai? RT @BowerikWowbagr @blaftness U have a fan wired.com/beyond_the_bey… about 12 hours ago via web
  4. Poisoning the brains of 16-year-olds: Loving this piece by "Kokila Pant Dogra" (heh) in this week's Tehelka tehelka.com/story_main52.a… 12:31 AM May 26th via web
  5. This whole Shakil Afridi/Osama/Abbotabad saga is reminding me A LOT of the plot of Ibne Safi's Doctor Dread blaft.com/view_details.p… 10:35 AM May 25th via web
  6. @quatrainman Oh I see you are talking about Aarushi-Hemraj no? Sigh. Grisly murder stories SO much more enjoyable when fictional. 10:18 AM May 25th via web in reply to quatrainman
  7. @quatrainman TV ads for Hindi pulp novels? Cool... did you catch the authors? 10:14 AM May 25th via web in reply to quatrainman
  8. @samitbasu LOL 6:28 AM May 25th via web in reply to samitbasu
  9. @samitbasu @sidin I'll start getting upset about people who misspell Gandhi's name the day I hear an Indian pronounce Che Guevara correctly. 6:19 AM May 25th via web in reply to samitbasu
  10. &on a more upbeat note, #FF @lowflyingrocks to get a sense of relief every time the Earth narrowly avoids a catastrophic asteroid collision. 2:36 AM May 25th via Twuffer
  11. #FF @FearDept To keep up-to-date with the latest US govt assassinations, imprisonments, and robot plane bombings worldwide. 2:32 AM May 25th via Twuffer
  12. #FF @bintbattuta for wonderful Asian & African history/language related links. 2:26 AM May 25th via Twuffer
  13. @jeremyweate @spectraspeaks Tildes are just cool, y'know? I wish English had them. Thanks for ups :-) 6:30 AM May 23rd via web in reply to jeremyweate
  14. @spectraspeaks @jeremyweate Every time you tweet Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's name without proper diacritical marks, a language dies. #SpellingNazgûl 6:13 AM May 23rd via web in reply to spectraspeaks
  15. In conv w/Sudarshan Purohit! @HCIndia Book launch at Jagriti Theater, Bangalore for The Extras by Kiran Nagarkar. Don't miss today at 7 PM. 5:16 AM May 23rd via web in reply to HCIndia
  16. @damiengwalter I think Tamil author Rajesh Kumar has "most prolific" sewn up. His novels are only~20K words, but still. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Ku… 4:27 AM May 23rd via web in reply to damiengwalter
  • Name Blaft Publications
  • Location Chennai
  • Web http://www.blaft.com
  • Bio A small publishing house based in Chennai, India. South Asian genre fiction in translation, postapocalyptic comics, gals & monsters, weird folktales, more.
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