Poets between the ages 17 to 25 are invited to Mumbai Regionals of InVerse, the Waves English Poetry Slam! Regional winners get a chance to participate in the InVerse National Finals at BITS Pilani, Goa. Google form to fill: https://forms.gle/WoGhgbZCzoJ168u4A All the best. See you at the judging rounds!

So my third book of poetry ‘The Inglorious coins of the Counting House’ is amid the five finalists of the 2nd Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize. The next round to be judged by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri – that in itself is a prize! The editors impressions: ‘The hand of The Inglorious Coins of…

Summer of 2016, Gangtok. My reading at Rachna Books.ac (I know I will be back again into the quaint hills, the breathtaking view of the Teesta river, and to Cafe Fiction, with my next book.) This event was jointly organized by Rachna Books, Caesurae.org & Jayita Sengupta. *** Jayita speaks: “Thanks Raman Shresta, for the…

The Daily Star features two of my haibun ‘Chaise Lounge’ and ‘Conch’. Click to read.

Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine’s recent issue on Global Anglophone Indian poems. Edited by Kazim Ali and Rajiv Mohabir. (and thanking you.) “There is no one single way of being a diasporic Indian poet that marks an English that will be globally consistent. This is the beauty of such poetry, of collecting the disparate and showing connections and resonances,…

Now this is the headline we have waited for. A reward. ‘Indian poetry in English is no longer unrelatable’ Thank you, Sahitya Akademi, Chandigarh. Click to read: http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

You are invited to this reading at Prairie Lights, Iowa on 10th July 2019. 7 – 8 pm https://events.uiowa.edu/28684

Welcoming you, if you are in Delhi.

Dear Friends,   Looking forward to meet you at some longitude and latitude in June and July 2019.

And for those who love the evening. A poetry workshop at Kunzum Travel Cafe, Hauz Khas, on 28th June, 5-7 pm. Book your place here: https://www.instamojo.com/kunzum/haibun-poetry-workshop-by-rochelle-potkar/