Looking forward to our interactions at the Department of English, Pondicherry University. 24 October 2024 as part of Kurindan International Writer’s Residency with Claus Ankersen and Laerke Helene Askholm. Friends in Puducherry, do meet us!

In the latest issue of Viva Goa magazine. Thank you, Nicole Suares, for this book review. Appreciate all your questions around this book and your research before our conversation at Broadway.You might still find a few signed copies at Champaca (Anjuna), Broadway (Panjim) and The Dogear’s Bookshop (Margao).

The review of Coins in Rivers by reviewer and academician Mohammad Farhan appears in The Hindu. “Potkar’s latest collection of poems, Coins in Rivers, offers a pulsating visualisation of variegated modern realities with a tinge of dismay and defiance. And these modern realities turn into a rich tapestry of recurrent poetic themes that include the…

Looking forward to a wonderful discussion with the faculty members and students of St. Xavier’s College Mumbai at Ithaka. 30 Aug 2024.Thank you Dr. Rashmi Lee George for always being so appreciative and welcoming.

Wherever there’s Knowledge, there’s no Ego for me… I have just closed, once again, the manhole on a 10-year-old poetry-politics issue (from 3 obscure? poets), targeting me with fake narratives to suit their purposes, agendas, biases, and insecurities. I hope the lid stays tightly shut now for good. They cried wolf-wolf, victim-crying even though they…

1 Sept, Powai.9:30 am to 1:30 pm.A haiku and haibun workshop.In association with Poets of Mumbai and Authors Gulley.For anyone in Mumbai interested in an in-person poetry workshop. Where traffic hounds and technology is better than flesh-blood-brick-n-mortar interactions, we are trying this anyway.Sometimes it’s nice not to be our holographic selves alone. We have slashed…

Introducing my tiny podcast ‘Rochelle’s Verandah’ that you can listen to on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify etc. [Only don’t say Potkarst]You will find my book launch conversation series on Coins in Rivers.And some story/poetry recordings. Click to link.

I had a fantastic conversation with Jane Houng when we met this May for the ‘Mending Lives’ podcast in Nepal during the Kathmandu Literature Festival. Jane inspired me from Day One with her zest, fiery spirit, and easy laughter when we met in Bali over an APWT conference.Today she is unstoppable. To those who don’t…

Friends in Bengaluru, hope to see you in August @BengaluruPoetry Festival. On 3 August 3 pm -5 pm at the (prose poetry) Haibun-writing workshop. Registered yet? Follow the link in the bio linktree. 4 August 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM, Rock Paper Scissors with Gautam Vegda, Maaz Bin Bilal, and Mukul Kumar sharing our poems.You…

I had no clue I was a playwright – not even by an inch, atom, or iota. But the short film scripts I adapted to 10-minute plays (Fishbowl and Catharsis) have been shortlisted at the Short+Sweet South India 2024 Theatre Festival for directors to direct. 18 such 10-minute selected plays will be showcased this September…