• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • a line for faith

    It was at the writer’s club party, that Henry Snider, a confirmed liberal, remarked “Faith unites, religion divides”. Very poignant. Years ago in my teens, I devoured Richard Bach, Kahlil Gibran, Ayn Rand and such to try and find my religion. None of the established disciplines seemed made for me. I am still searching. But…

  • Travelling in a palenquin.. – II

    This essay featured in Palki magazine, in the October 2009 issue. http://calcuttans.com/palki/autumns-and-eulogies-english-article-by-sangita-kalarickal/ Autumns and eulogies      The ink on the paper is fresh and vivid, carrying with it fragrances of summer. Soon however the green leaves would turn and bring with it an invitation to winter. It was at such a time a while ago…

  • Advent

    I just put up our advent calendar. I think it was more fun to make it rather than search stores that sold one. Making packets recycled from grocery bags, one for each date, putting in little goodies, candies, and chocolates, and hanging it up was most fun. It will be even better to open it…

  • Language barriers..

    My friend Xu Xiaoying visited us the week before last and we had a nice.time She hails from Shanghai; we met in Berlin, Germany, and had really bonded well, in the lab and outside it. The experiments would last until late in the night and we would intersperse it with good talk, and good hot…