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- October 23, 2021
When you show me the moon with bejewelled hands I see the jewels, but when your hands are bare I see the moon says Kala Ramesh about Tanka imagery
Tanka, the Japanese short-form poetry is beautiful, delicate and touching. Kala Ramesh, the author of ‘The Forest I Know’ discussed the art of Tanka, how to appreciate it and how it is at the intersection
- August 31, 2021
A reader, author and a translator together make a translation successful say Jenny Bhatt and Jayasree Kalathil
As a translator, immersing oneself into the original writer’s world and life is crucial to getting the best possible outcome.
- August 29, 2021
Poets know everything, from Fibonacci numbers to equations, but the thing that they know best of all is that kindness is what really matters, says Sampurna Chattarji
Poetry is an empowering form of artistic expression. It can transcend formats and the so-called rules to touch upon subjects
- August 29, 2021
Maharsh Shah says working in Bollywood gave him all the masala he needed to write his debut novel Zoravar
Writing a novel is hard work – and don’t let anyone else tell you any differently! It’s not easy to
- August 29, 2021
Pallavi Aiyar says a writer’s job is to write rather than to predict how it will be received
The exploration of social and political themes in fiction is arguably older than the actual identification of the genre. Most
- August 29, 2021
A writer is like a lizard on the wall who’s always observing, says Manreet Sodhi Someshwar as she talks about writing female characters
Women have been a crucial part of history, but for the longest time, they’ve been left out of it. The
- August 29, 2021
Samit Basu says writing block exists and any writer who says it doesn’t is lying
I want to write but I can’t write. I’m going through a writer’s block. How to overcome a writer’s block.
- August 14, 2021
Various OTT platforms expect different stories to engage the audience, says Sidharth Jain from The Story Ink
The writing world looks forward to March every year because they know that the Blogchatter Writing Festival is going to