Author Archives: Do You See
BLUE VESSEL Copies are Here!; Meeting a Mentor, and Friends
Haven’t had time to blog. Work prospects or speculations about it loom large. Back in Hyderabad and I’m sighing among the clutter of boxes and suitcases. Sighing because this clutter … Continue reading
JNU Reading; Birthday Fish and Poem
Come hear me read tomorrow, March 14, 7:30 p.m. in JNU, University Cafeteria. This is tied with the conference “The Indian World(s) of Indian English Literature (14th-15th March, 2013)”. I’ll … Continue reading
“The Song of Kamala Sundari”; “Blue Vessel” Selection on Hindi Poet’s Blog; Conversation on “Vayavya” Lit Mag
KINDLE magazine (not related to Amazon) solicited a piece from me for their special March issue. “Reclaiming My Body“. It seems they asked people to write essays and fiction, mostly. … Continue reading
Interview on Telugu Dalit Poetry with Naren Bedide; Södergran: “those strange, sunset-red laments”
Naren Bedide writes and translates. The latter bit is a fascinating body of work from Telugu Dalit poetry. I caught up with him on a longstanding interview I had proposed. … Continue reading
World Book Fair Reading with LiFi; “l.) Just who are these girls?”: Poetry
On Feb 4, after I got back from my little vacation in Varkala, Kerala, with Prof. Debra Castillo, I went for a reading along with fellow writers. Six of us … Continue reading
My Mother’s Roses and a Short Story Book: Blog Runner, With Five Tagged Writers!
Chain mails might sometime seem too compelling in their appeal. But writing about writing is quite fun, especially when a writer tags me. Taking cue from co-Sangam House fellow Francie … Continue reading
My Poems in Hindi — Cloud Messaging; Beach Bumming! “The Fisherman’s Farewell”
Hindi poets and translators Aparna Manoj, Arun Dev and Reenu Talwar were a driving force behind getting some of my poems translated into Hindi for their web journal Samalochan Literary. … Continue reading
2013 Poems; Nina’s Blues; Updated “Fiction” Page Info; Tintin Turns 84!
After or at the same time with BLUE VESSEL, commended by Sudeep Sen as one of the best poetry books of 2012, a few poems got out in various places. … Continue reading
BLUE VESSEL, My New Poetry Book; Etc.
My short collection of poetry BLUE VESSEL is out from the small press Les Editions du Zaporogue, Denmark. Editor Sebastien Doubinsky (himself an acclaimed writer and editor) did a fab job … Continue reading
