Dr. Paramita Mullick curates the Mumbai Chapter of IPPL for the 75th Year of Independence on 30 Aug, at 6 pm with readings by Menka Shivdasani, Anju Makhija, Rochelle Potkar, Meher Pestonji, Mihir Chitre, and Prof.Sanjukta Dasgupta. You are welcome to the readings, dear friends!

My short story ‘Women’ that I wrote quite a while ago, finds a place in EKL Review. Thanking editors Sufia Khatoon and Anindita Bose.Read it, if time, weather, mood, climate, and interest permit 😀

Scherezade Sioban, the present Charles Wallace fellow is conducting “Near & Far” – an online poetry event for the University of Stirling with two former Charles Wallace fellows+wordsmiths – Mihir Vatsa & Rochelle Potkar. Join us as we read from our work on the 20th of August at 3:00 PM (if you are in the…

26-30th September 2022. Elope to the mountains. Learn haiku, haibun, and free verse. Discover #PoetryFilms and make one of your own in this 3-day masterclass at our retreat. Rochelle Potkar is back with her Poetry Masterclass – this time at the mountains and with a twist to her usual workshops. Click here to register. Only…

Mark your calendar! On Friday, August 12 at 7 pm IST, we’ll be discussing Anju Makhija’s fascinating book Mumbai Traps: Collected Plays in ‘Women & the City’ – a discussion around the plays in the book at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2022 online.Streaming on – www.youtube.com/c/hlf-india.You are welcome to a Q&A interaction immediately after the…

So… I’m finally ready with my teaching modules of haiku, haibun, free verse poetry, flash fiction, short story, screenplay, and genre: magic realism. So glad and honored to join in with the teaching faculty for ‘Between The Lines 2022: Peace and the Writing Experience’ helmed by Alisa Weinstein. I cannot thank Christopher Merrill and Peter…

Was splendid talking to Sharonee Dasgupta over my book Bombay Hangovers, over the consistent prattle of rain on Mumbai roof. Luckily the rain-roar can’t be heard.Thank you, New Books Network. Listening time: 14 mins. The book’s still on the shelves. Go dust your copy off! 😀 Click to hear.

Being invited to share in the celebrations of the 247th anniversary of the independence of the USA and 75 years of US-India relations last evening was surreal, while also braving the drenched monsoonal roads. But most importantly meeting with fantastic old and new associates and acquaintances of the US Consulate Mumbai was an unparalleled gladness.

What joy to celebrate an unexpected review. This time by Satbir Chadha. Thank you!

So glad to be a teacher to Between The Lines (BTL): Peace and the Writing Experience, hosted by Iowa’s International Writing Program – 2-week creative writing and cultural exchange program for writers aged 18 to 22 years.Now for the outlining of modules and seminars from poetry to fiction forms!