A Hot Noon in the Hills

Dear Reader Today's poem takes after a prompt by Alt Poetry who discussed Kamala Das' poems during their recent offline meet in Bangalore. It is a response to her poem, A Hot Noon in Malabar. The prompt was to have a similar title and be inspired. I read the poem closely and hence my response …

A Writing Room

Dear Reader, I don’t have a poem today. While poem-ing has been my main occupation this month (from reading to writing verses), I am not much of a routine-person. It’s not a concept I enjoy. Being this way brings its own share of miseries, but not being this way will perhaps bring an unfathomable agony. …

Inertia to Inspiration

Dear Reader, It's been quite a while. I've been in a state of inertia since my book Kuhu Learns to Deal With Life was published. Does that happen to you as well? I like to allow life to take its course. Mostly. So, after the book release, I’ve enjoyed every bit of the attention—shout outs …

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 …

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 …

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 …