I always wanted to do something about this cute term ‘galley proof’. With a few ARCs (Advanced Review Copies) sent to early reviewers had that wish fulfilled too. Picture cred: Kabir Deb.Thank you team Hachette India. ‘Coins in Rivers’ releases on 18th April.
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‘Coins in Rivers’ – my new book of poetry
Dear Friends,My new book of poetry ‘Coins in Rivers’ goes to print on Women’s Day.Coming soon by mid-April 2024.Meet you over it for gupp and shupp. In print. Over chai. In person. Online. Over laughs and cries.Thanking the whole team of Hachette India @HachetteIndia.
Me @Chitkara Lit Fest, Chandigarh, Feb 2024
The Chitkara Lit Fest at the Chitkara University Chandigarh February 23, 2024 was so many things. For one: I chose to not be on a panel, speaking or waxing eloquent – only because I have been writing (eloquently?), so my words were kinda exhausted. Phew! I opted rather to perform my poetry and that did…
My short screenplay ‘Salad’ in Mumbai Indie Film Society’s Selected List.
So glad to know that my short film screenplay ‘Salad’ is on the Selected List. Thank you, Mumbai Indie Film Society for this opportunity. This script is adapted from my story in the published collection Bombay Hangovers and was shortlisted at the Fundaçao Oriente Short Story Competition 2015, Goa.
Awaiting April 2024.
Thank you GJV Prasad for mentioning my collection of poetry ‘Coins in Rivers’ due in 2024.https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/year-in-books-576958
My poems in Verseville, Issue XXXVI
A Very Happy, Joyous, Peaceful, Fulfilling 2024, my dear friends. Joining the bandwagon of good wishes and warmest vibes a day late having just returned from Paris.May the World be a peaceful place.Here’s to inner and outer peace.Also, to the good news of two of my pieces featuring in Verseville, Issue XXXVI edited by Sarabjeet…
Bombay Hangovers played at NCPA, Mumbai.
So, the recordings of the Play: 3 Tales from Bombay Hangovers at NCPA, Mumbai is finally here. For all those who couldn’t visit NCPA on 23rd Nov 2023. Why, even I missed witnessing this magic because I was at the NFDC Film Bazaar Goa. I wish I could bi-locate, be wave and particle, but until…
‘Catharsis’ – my short film script, shortlisted, Highly Commended.
So gleeful to learn that my short film script ‘Catharsis’ has been shortlisted at the 2023 International Literary Prize, Hammond House, UK. Stories and extracts from scripts will be published in the 2024 Short Story anthology. Prizes will be awarded at the International Literary Festival in February 2024. https://www.hammondhouse.org.uk/literary-prize-shortlist and then I got news it…
My experiences with teaching poetry at HWR.
Some things that I need to cherish and hold dear.
Reading my poem from ‘Greening the Earth’.
Dear Friends, Do join us on Zoom on December 1 and December 6, 2023, 11 am EST. Hosted by Dr Nishi Chawla – Poetry Readings around “Greening the Earth” (A Penguin Random House Publication, edited by K. Satchidanandan, Nishi Chawla). This makes it 9:30 pm IST. Where poetry anthologies (unless of a blind jury) have…