The discussion over the stories and characters of Bombay Hangovers with The Asian Book Club, last evening London 2 pm/Dubai 5 pm was so immersive, I forgot to capture a screenshot.It’s wonderful when discussions behind stories, characters, motives, life, and its existential elements take you over multiple trajectories to faraway places. Thank you, Nash friend…

‘“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feelings with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.” says Kahlil Gibran. These poems allowed me to experience that freely; and examine who I am’…

Hi Friends, if you can read French this is all yours! Poet and novelist, Cécile Oumhani interviews me for Trait-d’Union Magazine. http://www.traitdunionmagazine.com/interview-avec-rochelle-potkar/ Thank you, Adel Hakim – Fondateur et Directeur Général, Trait-d’Union Magazine.

For those who missed my reading of an excerpt of ‘Fabric’ from Bombay Hangovers at JLF 2021 Writer’s Shorts can now view a replay on Saturday, 16th October at JLF Houston 11:45 AM – 12:00 NOON CDT / 10: 15 PM – 10:30 PM IST. Register for JLF Houston –https://jlflitfest.org/houston/registration

You might not know me and that is better. I am an introvert who can celebrate the company of but a few. Even two in a room gives me a feeling the room is full of a 100. (So exclusions or cancel cultures would/could never work on me in theory or practice. I wouldn’t even…

A story of mine appears in ‘Room No. 312 and Other Stories’ by Walking BookFairs.Gratitude Satabdi Mishra and Akshaya Ravtaray. Copies of this book are available at bookstores ONLY in India. They are not selling on Amazon in support of local, independent bookstores. You can order a copy by writing in to: walkingbookfairs@gmail.com. (For those…