Dear Reader, The latest addition to my library is Devotions (The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver) from 1963-2015. I received the book yesterday afternoon and by the evening I was turning pages, picking up random poems, playing a page-number game. I felt like a child constantly sticking my fingers in my favourite chocolate cake and …
Kuhu Learns to Deal With Life- A Debut Author’s Wishlist
Dear Reader Seven-year-old Kuhu Joshi is out in the world since my last post! I’m happy to introduce her to you and give a little sneak peek into her world. This brilliant cover design is by Bazma Ahmad. The book is up for preorder at a discounted price until 15 November. Please click on the …
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Kuhu Learns to Deal With Life: Join the Journey
Dear Reader, It’s been a while but not without reason. Thank you for waiting despite my long absence. This newsletter comes with special news about my first solo-authored book, which will be released soon. Written for emerging and intermediate readers and published by Bare Bones, Kuhu Learns to Deal With Life, is the story of …
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Dear Readers, It's not always that a poem sits at the tip of your tongue. A poem, more often than not, takes its sweet time to come to you. Even when it forms like perfection in your mind, it turns into jelly when you want to want to put the words down. This is what …
A Conflict of Words
Dear Readers, As poets and writers, we choose some words and leave out others. Do we/should we share the burdens of the world, bring out the uglies, speak up for what is right? While opinions vary on this and we go our own ways, follow our own convictions, I think we often find it a …
Now-Working-Mom
Dear Readers, It’s been a long time! Kolkata has been drenched ever since we landed here more than a month ago. Setting up the house all over again is an uphill task. It’s building again—friendships, garden, walking routes, favourite grocery shop and a reliable house help. Also, some precious things that break in transit. It’s …
A Hundred Quills 