In which Poornima Laxmeshwar writes about Paper Asylum in The Woman Inc. Read it here. “Reading Paper Asylum is not easy but if one has the nerve then it’s a bitter pill when swallowed can give a relief. Maybe not permanent but then nothing is permanent. Through the 100 pages Rochelle Potkar has been able…
Posts from: September 2018
Goa-Guntur
The tour of Guntur to Goa was interesting. Met people, got influenced, read poetry, feasted, laughed (a lot!), book-launched, lunched, taught haibun to the very-vibrant and super-creative students of BITS Pilani, Goa. Enjoyed!
View my video reading Biscooti Love
Biscooti Love is here! From my book ‘Four Degrees of Separation’. Watch me speak of crunchy affairs. Subscribe to Brahma Media. Tell us what you think.
The Goan Everyday interviews us.
Enroute Guntur and Goa, here’s what The Goan Everyday has to say about us. Click here to read. Thank you, Bharati Pawaskar!
‘To Daraza’ wins The Norton Girault Literary Prize in Poetry (Norfolk, UK).
Dear Friends, Sharing the joyous news of winning The Norton Girault Literary Prize in Poetry (Norfolk, UK) for my poem ‘To Daraza’. The judge Luisa A. Igloria had the nicest things to say about the poem. Check it out here: https://barelysouthreview.com/nortongirault/ Many reasons to celebrate as Mid-day covers news in their Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier, also…
‘War Specials’ – 1st runner up at The Great Indian Poetry Contest
Dear Friends, sharing the glad news. My poem ‘War Specials’ finds a runner up place at The Great Indian Poetry Contest – a nation-wide poetry contest judged by Javed Akhtar, Kalki Koechlin, and Kausar Munir.
Finally! The video is here. View: ‘Knowledge’
Finally! The wait is over. Here comes the first poem in the series. Full Video here: Tell us what you think.
Reading a poetry series for kalArt
Dear Friends, I did something special with kalArt, this season. I read poems through them. Here’s a still of that. Coming soon is the series… Be the first to watch by following https://www.youtube.com/brahmamedia & Tell me what you think!
A Goa launch of Paper Asylum!
Dear Friends-in-Goa, You are invited to the launch of Paper Asylum (Copper Coin, 2018) by Rochelle Potkar and A Clock in the Far Past (Dhauli Books, 2018). The eminent poet Manohar Shetty will be in conversation with the poets. 23 September 2018, 5 pm Institute Menezes Braganza RSVP: FB – https://www.facebook.com/events/334112987150699/ See you there!