As a new translator engaging with Marathi, I have done little other than enjoy the intricacies beneath the metaphors of two languages, in pieces here ‘Grandma – a line from a poem’ and ‘Flash’. – original poems by Sanket Mhatre. Marathi poetry by Sanket Mhatre

Dear friends, you can buy the book here: Open Your Eyes: an anthology on climate change Edited by Vinita Agrawal Would love to know what you think. Links to buy- Hawakal India Amazon, USA

Open Your Eyes: an anthology on climate change, edited by Vinita Agrawal, investigates human relationships with the natural world. Each poem/prose offers a unique perspective on the environment in its own style. Each contributor has interpreted the theme broadly, exploring the issue in different ways—physical, spiritual or emotional through their own unique cultural lens. As…

Retracing footsteps – It was absolutely a soulful experience playing Judge to the Book Review Competition by SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, and interacting with bright and soul-searching law students who keep the abstract alive by writing their hearts and souls in poetry, and short stories and their concrete further alive by understand law…

What a beautiful August 2020 issue curated by all the editors of Narrow Road. Am I chuffed to share my short story ‘Symbols of a life’ appearing here, in this PDF, which you can download to your kindles. Click here. Thank you, Paresh Tiwari! Delicious artwork, Sufia Khatoon! Congratulations all my fellow writers, poets, haijins.

This absolutely stunning archive of Issue 17 of the Joao-Roque Literary Journal (poetry section). Riveting poetry. Come read! [Glad to be Poetry Editor] The rest of the journal is always a treat, edited by the Editor-in-chief Selma Carvalho. Click to read.

Recently, a para-sahitya (literary parasite) said to me – “Your poems have a long way to go …” I said “Of course! and I am working each day on bettering my craft. I don’t sit on laurels – appreciation or prizes, but I hope you too invest less time in my journey and look at…

As we await the Unlock version next in Mumbai, glad to be associated with the ‘Chair Literary Trust’ and ‘Neelamber Kolkata’ and reading poems on 29th August at Monsoon Verses 2020. More details will be shared soon.                                

It was wonderful discussing poetic forms – haiku, haibun, free verse yesterday at the workshop with Kena Shree, and reading immediate writings of participants. Taboo topics – infertility, menstruation, incest, molestation had space through poetry without squirming skirmishes of raised-eyebrows or blank faces. Mid-day coverage, thanks to the astute Dalreen Ramos.

So gleeful to premier this. Any collaborative fission (however small) makes for joy. Here my haibun ‘Conch’ is read by Ranjan Kamath, who has been a listener and observer of all things moving…and still. He marries three decades of experience as a performance arts practitioner and independent film maker to exploit the power and potential…