‘Aai, Avo, Aaji, Achamma, Ammachi, Ammumma, Dadi, Eyabhai, Gowrimma, Gramma, Granny, Iye’mi, Jejema, Lala, Mariamma, Maruska, Nani, Olinka, Oma, Paati, Unniamma: matriarchs by any name blaze as molten-bright and rise to bear witness across nations, cultures and generations. An ode to the lives of 44 feisty women we are proud to call our foremothers.’ The…

Muse India, issue 83 has poems by me too under the ‘Feature: Indian English Writing’ edited by Charanjeet Kaur. Click to read: https://goo.gl/F8JPMu

Glad to share news that my story ‘Parfum’ was a notable entry at the 2019 Disquiet Literary Contest amid 1400 entries. Judges comments – ‘Russi’s world of smells offers a wealth of tiny narratives which are like the water this story swims in, the city and the life of an obsessive dreamer are very well-drawn.’…

Friends, wish us luck with Hong Kong. This is exciting! https://www.screendaily.com/news/indias-nfdc-screenwriters-lab-set-to-pitch-in-hong-kong/5137499.article

Issue # 11 of the Joao-Roque Literary Journal is out! Homelands Far Away. This issue features moving poetry by Chandramohan Sathyanathan, Sonnet Mondal, Pitambar Naik, and Salil Chaturvedi. In the beautiful words of Editor Selma Carvalho… Dear readers, It is hard to believe that we are already into our third year of publishing the journal….