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Going away – a visit to NIAS
Our team at work went for an offsite to NIAS in Wassenaar. I wrote a small feature on the outing. I am sharing a snippet (the one which Purab made me read out again): Autumn is an extraordinary season. The trees laden with orange, brown and red, shed their leaves. Ripe with the experiences of the…
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In which I speak about “Call Me Ishmael Tonight”
SSASA 12 – “What is one piece of American Literature that shaped you?”
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Unpacking Salzburg Global Seminar
My trip to Salzburg to participate in the Salzburg Global Seminar’s twelfth session “Defining America: New Writing, New Voices, New Directions” at the beautiful Schloss Leopoldskron comprised of many profound moments of learning. At our Graduation Dinner in St. Stephen’s College, way back in 1999, my happy batch-mate Siddarth Correya had said that his learning in college had…
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The walls of the room I am building
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies had their research day conference on 26th May 2014 in Amsterdam. The day was titled – Doing Gender in the Netherlands: Feminism in Transition (Activism, Institutions and Canons). I was there to present a paper: Tumbling Wall: Adrienne Rich Dismantles a Male Form. My paper spoke about the…
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Shahid’s The Half-Inch Himalayas
“Postcard from Kashmir” Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox, my home a neat four by six inches I always loved neatness. Now I hold the half-inch Himalayas in my hand. This is home. And this is the closest I’ll ever be to home. When I return, the colors won’t be so brilliant, the…
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Omar Pitras Waqar – “This Sweet Infinity” (English Ghazal) – YouTube
Omar Pitras Waqar – “This Sweet Infinity” (English Ghazal) – YouTube. “Published on Dec 4, 2013 More poetry available for purchase here:http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/omar-w… today the weather changed but I did not, this sweet infinity are we more than space that time forgot, this sweet infinity ~ no need for words, the real poetry is in…
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Jaipur Literature Festival: poets – Nilanjana Roy
Jaipur Literature Festival: poets (1). Jeet Thayil’s ghazal on Malayalam and Nilanjana Roy (who I think I have an academic crush on) speaks about poetry. Also on her blog are some lovely articles on Agha Shahid Ali. A must read. An excerpt I loved: “I like choosing theoretical homes, but the idea of “settling down”…
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Emmanuel Moses in Amsterdam
Location: Broodhuys Only a poet could go through pain, heartache, agony and say, “it was beautiful.” Only a poet. Thank you Emmanuel.
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Nitasha Kaul – What Does it Mean to be an Internationalist Today?
Having known Nitasha and read her articulate, precise and insightful work, it gives me immense pride and pleasure to share with you this video of her speaking at a conference in London about what it means to be an internationalist today. “Beyond the nation state and concentric circles of self” – if there is one…
