I Dream in Inglish
“Poetry permeates borders, defies categorization, brings its light into the darkest of corners…” The Missing Slate’s February 2016 online poetry issue, edited by The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective.
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India Calling
“A boat slowly floating/ away from Indian coast/ sliver of cardamom biscuit/ baking in an orange-rind sun/ water blue green/ like the marbles of childhood…” By Shikha Malaviya.
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From the Margins to Centre Stage: A Sangam (Confluence) of Three Indian Women Poets
“Poetry is, and has always been, the art of uttering multiple truths in a single line. It’s a celebration of plurality, of contradiction… Poetry compels us to confront uncertainty. That makes it the very antithesis of the fundamentalist impulse…” A Sangam (confluence) of three Indian women poets, featuring Arundhathi Subramaniam, Meena Alexander and Priya Sarukkai Chabria.
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The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective: Building Community Through Poetry
“In the U.S… it’s easy to feel like a non-entity in the publishing world which is still dominated by cishet white men (though some aspects are changing). In India, what I’ve experienced is almost the opposite, a lot of openness and welcoming of new ideas…” A roundtable discussion with the members of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective.
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Embracing the Circle
“You threw everything into it/ paintbrushes, sweat, ruminations…” Poem of the Week (December 16), by Shikha Malaviya.
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Quarter-finals: India-Laos
The last quarter-final of the Poetry World Cup.
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Round 2: India-Indonesia
India and Indonesia meet in round two of the Poetry World Cup.
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Round 1: India-Nigeria
Another South Asian-West African match in the Poetry World Cup.
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Tracing the Contours of Memory
Samantak Bhadra finds plenty to admire in an exciting debut collection from Shikha Malaviya.
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Fall 2013 — The “Politics” Issue
What’s featured in the “Politics” issue including web (and digital) exclusives.
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