I know that not for very long I will be able to catch every marble rolling down the dining table. I will have to miss some juggled balls flying mid-air and I don’t mind bad/not-so-favorable reviews, as long as they don’t come from a place of malice or hive-mind camps. I have heard of writers…

Friday Poems hosted by the great poet and translator Ravi Shanker N (Ra Sh) welcomes readings of two of my poems ‘Bedrock’ and ‘The Earth remembers’.Do listen in and subscribe to the channel, if you like its whole haul. Click here to listen.

Hi Friends, Welcoming you to the 70th anniversary of Nissim Ezekiel’s historical collection of poems A Time to Change. 8 pm IST on Saturday 26 February. For those of you who are unaware, Nissim Ezekiel an Indian Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic was a foundational figure in postcolonial India’s literary history, specifically…

The Poet’s Starter Kit with Pervin Saket in conversation with Archana Pai Kulkarni.for SheThePeople Feminist Poetry Festival 2022. 12th February. Inviting all those who had so many questions on the how’s, why’s, where’s, what’s, and when’s of poetry.

Sometimes, just sometimes a poster like this connected to a real and large in-person literature event fills your gills and lungs with gratitude for the return of new-normal – a concept in the pandemic, a reality post-pandemic.Emirates Airline Literature Festival 2022. Source: #quissago reel, picture credit: Thomas Langdon, Iowa. emirateslitfest #southasianauthors #southasianlibrary #southasianbookclub #southasianreads #writerscommunity…

Dear Friends, for conversations that cut across borders, if you’re in Dubai this February, you are invited to DESI DRAMA: a panel of storytellers from India and Pakistan. 𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 2022 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀: 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐒 𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐍, 𝐍𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐈, 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐊𝐀𝐑 & 𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐃 Chaired by: Saba Karim Khan Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 16:00-17:00 Venue:…