Hope Street Poets, KGAF 2015 will be a memorable evening for me. There was just too much kohinoor to put into words. Let me stay speechless, dumb as a flower under the sun | This evening will stay ever-brimming. Spoonfuls and sips taken from this spring, to fill my cup of other small evenings. I…

When did you begin writing? RP: I began writing in 2007, trigged by a writing workshop I attended at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai. I wrote the story Tropical Estuary which five years later got published in an international magazine without a word changed. What was your first muse, if you remember? RP: My first…

I too will be reading poetry at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Friday, 13th February 2015 at the David Sassoon Library Garden, between 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. This panel would be moderated by Mustansir Dalvi. This is the list of poets reading for Hope Street Poets. Who’s coming to luxuriate in this poetry-filled…

These days the rejections I get are more cause for celebration than acceptances. These rejections are not sent by spam bots but humans and they revel in perspectives. Whether I agree with them or not, I feel so connected, and happy. Please note: These rejections came as emails. I converted them to certificates to honor their…