Posts from: February 2022

Review ka review ka review

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…

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Celebrating Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry.

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…

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@Emirates Airline Literature Festival 2022

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…

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Desi Drama: a panel at Emirates Literature Festival 2022

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. π„πŒπˆπ‘π€π“π„π’ π‹πˆπ“π„π‘π€π“π”π‘π„ π…π„π’π“πˆπ•π€π‹ 2022 πƒπ„π’πˆ πƒπ‘π€πŒπ€: π€π–π€πˆπ’ πŠπ‡π€π, ππ€π˜π€ππˆπŠπ€ πŒπ€π‡π“π€ππˆ, π‘πŽπ‚π‡π„π‹π‹π„ ππŽπ“πŠπ€π‘ & π“π€ππ˜π€ 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐃 Chaired by: Saba Karim Khan Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 16:00-17:00 Venue:…

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