I find myself squarely and surprisingly in “middle age” and certain equally intrusive questions have begun presenting themselves. I want to know if/what my fellow travelers think about them. So in 2021 I decided to launch this “very proper” blog pondering, wondering, sharing…
My posts — few times a month — offer a poem, a short story or memory, or an essay trying to make sense of this ride, along with a photo. All original creations. Fact is, I didn’t set out to be a writer, but about ten years ago incorrigible poems started emerging from my pen. Finally in 2020, I published Arrivals & Departures: Journeys in Poems, somewhat on a lark.
I feel lucky for having had a wandering life and a circuitous road both of which have informed much of my weirdness, my lens and what emerges from my pen.
Now I’m sharing these creations, with the audacious hope that perhaps these can brighten our days, or help us dig a little deeper into what makes this ride meaningful or even help me - or I daresay - my readers find new directions when darkness threatens… Whatever it is, if I am able to bring you a momentary joy or recognition of life or even a temporary resonance, I will be thrilled!
…if I am able to bring to you a momentary joy or recognition of life or even a temporary resonance, I will be thrilled.
A few samples include The Postman that hearkens back to a bygone era, Liminal Suspension on impossible spaces we immigrants “choose” to inhabit, Chasing Gratitude on the art of giving thanks and Making sense of life - and death that ponders mortality. I also write about loss, personal grief and those who go tragically unsung.
A little bragging…
My poems and short fiction have also been published in The Bluebird Word, Literary Yard, Academy of the Heart & Mind, Potato Soup Journal, Ariel Chart International Literary Journal, 433 Magazine, Tiny Seed Journal, Poet’s Choice, Visible Magazine, Writing in a Woman’s Voice and India Currents.
My plays, as the first playwright in residence for EnActe Arts’ WEFT program, were produced in April ‘21. The plays are about women of India/n diaspora rejecting victimhood to rediscover their agency, include a satirical music video called Bollywood Rules - for women set to rap!
My backstory
As an “army brat” growing up in India, I lived all over the country attending eight schools. I went to college in India acquiring an engineering degree from IIT Delhi, and then moved to USA to go to graduate school at Northwestern University. Before “writerhood” arrived as a 4th career, I worked in technology for 20+ years.
I feel lucky for having had a wandering life and a circuitous road both of which have informed much of my weirdness, my lens and what emerges from my pen.
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