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Shormishtha Panja

@Shormipan

Professor of English, Shakespearewali, dedicated cook

 New Delhi, India
Joined September 2013
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Shubho Noboborsho It’s the Bengali New Year Good wishes to all
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Happy New Year!
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Happy holidays!
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From our family to yours: Merry Christmas!
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Come to IIC Annexe, Delhi to see this on 11 December and learn about the 3000 Chinese Indians incarcerated in Deoli during the Sino-Indian conflict in the 1960s. Film based on book Co-Authored by Jo Ma who was born and spent 4 years there and my friend Dilip D’Souza.
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Prof Rupin Walter Desai’s book launch. He is 90 and still publishing books with amazing regularity. This one is a reading of his 50 favourite poems.
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Speaking on Patna Kalam at the Bihar Museum Biennale. Do come!
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It’s Teacher’s Day in India today! Long may the tribe prosper and enlighten!
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Prof Rupin Walter Desai continues to be an inspiration. He is 91, and his latest book, an interpretation of 50 poems, is just out, published by Authors Press. Hearty congratulations!
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indianexpress.com/article/bo… My take on Ophelia

The resurrection of Ophelia: From Shakespeare’s drowned girl to Taylor Swift’s showgirl

Shakespeare's Ophelia is back, not as Millais’s fragile maiden but as a glittering spectacle. Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl reimagines drowning as defiance, while Netflix’s Wednesday introd...

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tribuneindia.com/news/commen… Shiren’s Op-Ed in The Tribune today about Delhi NCR’s flooding woes every monsoon nd what to do about it

One rain, many failures: What drowns Delhi-NCR every year - The Tribune

Urban flooding in Delhi-NCR is not just about rainfall intensity; it is a direct outcome of how the region has grown.

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My essay in Shakespeare’s Afterlife in the Royal Collection Eds. Gordon McMullan, Kate Retford, Sally Barnden and Kirsten Tambling (OUP 2025)
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This arrived today! So proud to be a part of this incredible book. Thank you Gordon, Kate, Sally and Kirsten for your meticulous attention to detail.
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Happy belated birthday, Shakespeare. Due to the vagaries of baptismal records, today might very well be your birthday.
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Pope Francis no more. A remarkable man who wanted to put humility and compassion in the forefront and didn’t mince words in matters of global politics, speaking out repeatedly on behalf of the voiceless, the marginalised, the forgotten. Rest in peace.
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At launch of Amitabha Bagchi’s novel Unknown City. A great read! #HarperCollinsIN #UnknownCity
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ToC of the fabulous Shakespeare’s Afterlife in the Royal Collection! So proud to be a part of it.
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Just out! So proud to be a part of this collection! Looking forward to receiving my copy.
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Ruth Vanita’s book launch. The book is called Shakespeare’s Re-Visions of History.
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Dali in Delhi
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