Dear Readers, It’s been a long absence from the blog. I relocated, lock, stock, and barrel, and it’s always challenging. Moving, whether to a new city or country, is hard because of the emotional burden we carry—the people we leave behind, moments, a nook that’s held us on our loneliest days and the roads we’ve …
BOOMER EFFECT
Dear Readers, Suddenly, the world feels like a mishmash. Every time I blink my eyes, something new pops up—a massive influx of people going about their lives, a nearly invisible indifference to everything until it wriggles its way up our bones. Most times a few tut-tuts are enough to move on. Then there’s also the …
Virtual Velocity
Dear Readers, Thank you for the heartfelt response to the previous newsletter. We are in a much better space and hope good sense can prevail. In all this what worries me most is the collective euphoria that surrounds a catastrophe. While I try to figure out the why of it all, I'd like to confess …
Like a Midnight Bloom
Dear Readers, We never had summer vacations where I grew up. Spring kicked off the year in my town and then winter came after nine months, and it was brutal. So, we only had time to work between these two seasons. From December to February, the town was in a deep slumber with many people …
The Ghosts of My Town
Dear Readers Another NaPoWriMo, another poetry craze! I'm enjoying the poems and prompts, but saving them for later. When it comes to poetry, Instagram is my favourite place. Some poets have been graciously sharing their creative process and that is inspiring. Recently, I also attended a poetry workshop by Rochelle Potkar. It was supposed to …
When Hope Begins to Fade
Dear Readers, It's the month of NaPoWriMo and at Poetic Adventures we are into the tenth and final week. I am grateful to Namratha for this wonderful ten-week-long run. I felt alive, writing, after a long time. Oh, the relief of writing without the worry of sticking to what works. I do not want to …
A Hundred Quills 