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Hindustan Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Dublinwale: A tale of two readers
This is the story of two Dubliners. One is a professor, the other is an engineer. One is a former New Yorker, the other is an Irish native. Both share a passion for the same novel. James Joyce's Ulysses is contained into a single day, 16 June, and that date is celebrated worldwide as Bloomsday, named after the novel's hero—Mr. Bloom. To celebrate the city novel, this reporter is in Dublin for Bloomsday 2025, and the Delhiwale column briefly becomes Dublinwale. Sam Slote is among the world's most renowned Joyceans. He is a Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. His book Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses is the most authoritative guide to understand the notoriously difficult novel. The wall-sized book rack in his office is crammed with the different translations of Ulysses, including Dutch, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Arabic, and Malayalam. John O'Connell is an electrical engineer working in Telecom, but also conducts walking tours to Joyce's Dublin. A volunteer at the James Joyce Tower and Museum, he often dresses up as Mr Bloom, complete with a hat and a fake moustache. He believes that Ulysses is Dublin's very own Sistine Chapel. This afternoon, Sam Slote is sitting in his office, working on his annotated book's next edition. More particularly, he is busy with some specific question of punctuation in episode 17. His tone is gracious and delves deeply—yet effortlessly—into the intricacies of the novel. This sort of precision and care for detail is essential to a scholar of Ulysses, where everything is likely to carry narrative and symbolic weight. This afternoon, John O'Connell is crossing the Grattan Bridge over the Liffey, leading a walking tour. In the Dublin rain, he's excitedly pointing at a building in front of which a minor character makes a fleeting appearance. This sort of precision and care for detail is essential to a guide of Ulysses, where every street corner possibly has a role to play. Sam Slote says that he read Joyce's final novel, Finnegans Wake, before the Ulysses. This is surprising because the world is full of Joyce fanatics who adore Ulysses and have read it many times, but just couldn't climb the heights of Finnegans, considered a super-difficult book. John O'Connell says that when he first read Ulysses, 'I didn't really get it then, but I knew there was a genius driving the bus.' On finishing the dreaded Finnegans Wake, he announced his accomplishment in an office meeting. The colleagues, he recalls, looked bemused. For his everyday use, Sam Slote carries a 1986 Gabler hardbound edition of Ulysses, published by Bodley Head, bearing a grey cover. For his everyday use, John O'Connell carries a 2000 hardbound reprinting of the 1986 Gabler edition of Ulysses, published by Bodley Head, bearing a green cover.
Miami Herald
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Somerset's Gabler, Douglas' Bagirathan, Pine Crest's Chalich are Tennis Players of the Year
Stoneman Douglas' Savita Bagirathan and Pine Crest's Bridget Chalich had very different outlooks entering this tennis season. Bagirathan had already won an overall singles state championship last season and returned as a favorite. Chalich had quit the sport at one point last season having lost her confidence. Both found their way to the top this season as overall state singles champions in their respective classes. Meanwhile, Somerset Academy senior Quentin Gabler capped a memorable career with another trip to state after an undefeated season to that point. The three accomplished Broward County players are all recipients of this year's Miami Herald Broward Tennis Player of the Year awards. Gabler is the winner of the Boys' Player of the Year award. On the girls' side, Bagirathan and Chalich share the honors after each secured state titles. In two seasons, Bagirathan has quickly become one of the most dominant singles players in the state overall and the nation. This season, Bagirathan rolled through the competition on her way to repeating as the Class 4A state overall singles champion. She also had a dominant season in doubles playing alongside her younger sister, Dhea Bagirathan, as they qualified for the state meet together. In Class 2A, Chalich was nowhere near being considered a favorite entering 2025. But she persevered and regained the faith she needed to put together the best season of her career as she navigated her way to her first overall singles title. Chalich, who in August will enroll at Florida State University, said she doesn't plan to play tennis in college. She plans to major in Accounting while on a pre-law track. 'I've been playing tennis since I was four years old,' said Chalich, who had only advanced to state once prior in her career as a freshman. After her match at this year's state meet, she let her emotions out after what had been a tough journey back. 'This,' Chalich said, 'was the most meaningful match of my life.' For Gabler, a state championship was not in the cards this season. But he still showed why he is considered one of the best players in the state overall, as Gabler advanced to the Class 2A singles final after going unbeaten in the regular season. Gabler, who was an individual state qualifier each of the past two seasons, followed in his family's footsteps when it came to playing the sport. 'My sister and brother and my father all played tennis and I followed their lead,' Gabler said. 'I loved going to the state tournament because of the competition.'
