This year is not yet done. But I am already looking forward to Feb 2018, and the Odisha Arts & Literature Festival 2018! And … I have never visited Bhubaneswar, so…!

Stoked that it appears. Click here for: Capsule

  Proud to be part of this anthology.  And that is just the reason I need to visit Singapore and its Writer’s Festival for the book launch! Team Kitaab is proud to present this brand new series, The Best Asian Short Stories 2017 edited by Monideepa Sahu. This first volume has 32 stories by writers…

This delectable issue of Vayavya (autumn issue), also has a review of my book Four Degrees of Separation by Mrinalini Harchandrai. Click for the review. You can still buy the book here: Paperwall Amazon

Thanks to Sudeep Sen for including my poems in the Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians, coming soon by Sahitya Akademi.

You can read it here: Click for: Key holes   Stoked. Thrilled.   And this is what Marin Sophia [Sub Editor] wrote to me: “I absolutely loved all three of your poems. There is a very Sylvia Plath-esque touch in your poems, and she is one of my favourites.”   Now may I treasure these…

With author Lyubk Deresh, discussing the political, social, and personal stress and unrest in the lives of people, be it Ukrainian or Indian. But also the joy of multiculturalism, multilingualism, love, tolerance and compassion that holds countries together. With my very capable translator-for-the-session Iryna Kovalchuk. We discussed the haibun form through ‘Scabbard’ on the color saffron (shafranu)…

Do come!   Mid-day covers us. 100Thousand Poets for Change, at The White Owl with Gargi Ranade, Laxmi Krishnan, and the Open Sky Slam’s Shivani Lalan was another breath-taking event.  This week…the vibrancy of young people, the heady camaraderie in the room.. gosh, it’s been a while this witnessing. I swam in verve and acceptance, beginning to believe it…

  And this is what Mid-day has to say: Crossover poems that aims to promote linguistic multiplicity…   In the recent weeks, I went to two most-memorable poetry readings. One for ‘Crossover poems’, Max Mueller Bhavan, curated by the very sensitive and remarkable Sanket Mhatre. Here on the same stage, listening to Marathi poetry that brought social…

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