Eternal Love

Read this. If so brief an extract makes me weep, I wonder what the whole book will do.
I hope it’s published in English soon. (via Zigzackly)

Ameen Merchant’s The Silent Raga

Anything that combines the powerhouses that are the Madras Book Club (supposed to have a membership of 800) and the Prakriti Foundation equals, at the very least, fantastic turnout. I calculated between 150-200 people at the Taj Connemara last night, at the launch of Ameen Merchant’s The Silent Raga. Reading from the novel were Madras [...]

The Shaming of Scarlett Keeling

(Cross-posted at Ultraviolet)
That violence against women rarely grabs any attention except for in the presence of gruesomeness, sensationalism, drama and tragedy is already known. But more disturbing by far than the fact that the murder of a teenage tourist in Goa last month has been making headlines precisely due its cocktail of all the above [...]

“The Second Coming”: The Reincarnated Poem Open Mic

After the success of the reading at Thalankuppam just over a week ago, we decided to hold something a little more mainstream, just to spread the word that poetry, open-mic style, has come to Chennai.
“The Second Coming” (all puns and cleverness intended) is going to be a mix of two formats. Original poetry, and poetry [...]

In Today’s The New Indian Express

I don’t have a scanner, and I apologise for the clunky thing above. Please click on the image to take you to the file’s page, then click on the image again. Then, zoom in to read. Sorry!
For a change, am pleased with this print article that appeared in today’s The New Indian Express, in [...]

At Thalankuppam

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Some very friendly boys and their dog, on Thalankuppam beach. All photos above are by me. Larger sizes and black and white versions are on my Flickr page.
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan and I came up with the idea of holding a poetry reading at Thalankuppam, north of the city of Chennai, while talking about coasts. Like [...]

Quick Hit

Yesterday’s “Poetry on the Pier” was a wonderful experience. Photos and more soon.

Why I Always Prefer E-mail Interviews Reason #20

Sigh. Truly frightening pictures of me I can live with — there’s more than enough evidence to the contrary, methinks. But Constellation of Czars? (It’s Scars). I spelt it out, I did.

Elections

Okay. I can’t blog and have nothing constructive to say and it’s no longer my business. But I am refreshing that website every few minutes like millions of others. And I am really really really excited.

Poetry On The Pier

For more on the location, please see here. We’ll coordinate a meet-up point in the city from which to head out to the beach. Please get in touch so we have some idea of how many people to expect. And feel free to forward!

This is a small, indie event, open-mic style (but without a mic). [...]