#southasianwriters

[honeypurply]

So randomly had the urge to write again using two character I made a fic with which I liked them but the story just was just a mess as the plot wasn’t done well but now want to do justice to them so will try to work on them again as they are my original characters

[always-a-fairycat]

Join Natasha Junejo (South Asian Writers, South Asian Heritage Month, The Decolonial Podcast) in conversation with author and journalist, Sathnam Sanghera (Empireland, Marriage Material), and actor Sacha Dhawan (Marvel's Iron Fist, Dr Who, The History Boys) as they discuss identity, culture, representation, and the process of bringing Sathnam's powerful memoir, The Boy With a Topknot, to the screen in just three weeks.

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Fri, 29 Jul 2022, 18:30 BST (I wanna say that’s 1:30pm Eastern Time?)

[viperslang]

There is a missing I in Us”, an old psychology professor would laugh and then wince while talking about the collective consciousness. We grow to the extent we confront what goes unnamed in our struggles. In a country that cleaves itself between the anxious buzz of swarming megalopolises and the desiccated silences of summer-whipped hinterlands, everything often looks like a direction and nothing feels like a place. To crawl into dhyaan—from Buddhist practice an unaltered, authentic experience where Self is returned to its objectlessness —is hard when lurking between truth and disclosure while never finding enough gravity to settle in either corner

Scherezade Siobhan, Eunoia in Two Parts: Kripi Malviya & Medha Singh (Published in Queenmobs)

[mishtiburi-blog]

i was giving you effort. you were looking for words. while you kept looking for something better, i was only seeking you. - mishtiburi . . . #unrequitedlove #selflove #healing #poetsofinstagram #empoweringwomen #selfgrowth #personaldevelopment #relationships #heartbreak #creativeexpression #poetry #poetrycommunity #love #breakupquotes #romantic #southasianwriters #bengali #southasian #bangla #bangladesh #bangali #muslimah #muslimwriters #writersofcolour #writersofcolor #bengaliwriters https://www.instagram.com/p/BsI9YIZg50-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8xmwu0v0w92e

[susandoram]

I recently had a chat with Rupal Rajani about the anthology ‘Create Together, Our Voices, Our Hands, Our Lives.’ which features a few pieces of my written work.  Here’s the video of what we talked about. 

[amusingsofamuse]

The Boy with the Top Knot

Just finished reading Satnam Sanghera's very personal memoir about his life and challenges as a first generation British Indian. He is brutally honest at times to almost make you feel judgemental about his judgements. Even within India, most of the Punjabi kids do end up living double lives - one for their parents and one for themselves. This struggle is everywhere. But what does surprise me is that the Punjabis in Britain are somewhere still living in the 50s, 60s etc when they came from India. The India in their heart and mind has not progressed or evolved whereas Indians back home many times appear more progressive especially when it comes to inter-religious marriages.

More than Satnam, the book engages me for her mother. He rightly summarises that had it not been for his mother, the family wouldn't have survived or thrived the way it did. She is one string woman and I am very intrigued to know more about her. Jito and women of her generation were the backbone of the Immigrant families and the reason Indian Diaspora is thriving today.

We definitely need more acknowledgement of the generation of our parents and grandparents who make Britain what it is today.

[paramore-rk-life]

❤️❤️❤️ CHECK OUT XPRESSO BOOK TOURS GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW FOR BEENA KHAN'S 'THE NAME OF RED' ❤️❤️❤️ See the #linkinbio to read the full review. • • I had so many emotions throughout this book. At first, I thought it was going to be a little boring, given that the setting and characters were kind of basic and static. However, when I had gotten to the middle of the book and started to see the characters as flawed, human beings, that was when I got into it. • • The side characters were a lot of fun, too. Aryan, Nadia, and even Samar were good comic reliefs for the drama and angst between Kabir and Elif. • • Beena Khan's writing was simplistic and easy to get through. Since there wasn't much to go on outside of Kabir and Aryan's bar in which Elif visited almost every day, I had to rely on character growth and arcs. • • One of the things I loved was that this was an #ownvoices novel, given the South Asian author, characters, and cultural aspects. I had never read a South Asian book before, so the references were entertaining and inspiring. • • Overall, The Name of Red was very good, deep, heartbreaking, funny, romantic, tragic story about best friends to lovers and the hope of moving on. • • #thenameofred #beenakhan #ownvoices #ownvoicesbooks #ownvoicesreviews #xpressobooktours #bookreviews #reading #weneeddiversebooks #southasianwriters #southasianbooks #romance #youngadultbooks #contemporary #newadultromance https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFstt5JB3U/?igshid=pzjsgowgqmod

[unearthlyperennial]

|July 18, 2017| embellish every landing with recreations of hidden taqiyah. adorn every structure as a new Himalayan home. paint every surface like henna staining fingernails. purify with rosewater sprinklings as you sing (hum) to yourself where you have come from. -reinvent yourself as often as you need.

[yalibooks]

#femmemarch #womenshistorymonth 🍈 AMLA MATER had this reviewer tear up, which makes us really happy! “A book that spoke to me like a best friend and held me like a sister as I shed tears of joy, this one was an unforgettably poignant read,” says Namrata at Same Magazine. To read the full review, go here - goo.gl/QS2xrF 🍈 🍈 🍈 For pre-ordering Amla Mater outside the US and UK, please write to us at sales@yalibooks.com. Books ordered in India will ship locally. 🍈 🍈 🍈 #womenincomics #womenslit #graphicnovels #graphicmemoir #amla #yalibooks #britishasianwomen #bameauthors #diversebooks #diversereads #multiculturalbooks #summerreads #womensupportingwomen #desiauthors #southasianwriters #preorders

[yourfoulfestivaldazeblog]

It was a pleasure to have this brief moment with a like-minded bunch of people who hold some bleeding pens. #writerscommunity, #southasianwriters, #literarytalks

[ehentha]

It took me twelve years to believe in my own universe, but today I’m proud to say I’ve finally self published my first book! Splinters Act I - The Akasha Frontier is now available from amazon via the link in my profile! On an Earth ravaged by climate change, the remnants of humanity live underneath the simulated skies of the umbrella cities. As a solution to the food and water crisis, the League of Nations looks to a new frontier. In the Akasha Sector, supertrawlers fish the oceans of Iris, while the mangroves of Atlantis are pumped dry for water. Cellophane, a mysterious young woman from Atlantis, wakes up on Mars with no recollection of how she got there. Umar, a dealer of trafficked cocoa, struggles to make a living within the slums that exist within the Spine of the New Dubai umbrella. Kiedis, hoping to work on the supertrawler, hurtles out of the sun on a collision course towards the oceans of Iris. Meanwhile, Laxmi, a lieutenant in the League of Nations’ army, does her best to rise within the ranks so as to unravel the truth of her reality. Their worlds will collide in Splinters Act I - The Akasha Frontier. Cover design by the ever masterful @tanglootang. #sciencefiction #sciencefantasy #climatechange #dystopia #dystopianfiction #cyberpunk #southasianwriters #scifi #newbooks #kindleunlimited #kindle #ebooks #postapocalyptic — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Vg1FWE

[viperslang]

I am so delighted by the response my new book “The Bluest Kali” has received so far.

A few copies are now left at SPD for worldwide shipping. Get yours soon!

[mishtiburi-blog]

he sees her. and he loves her. she sees him. and she loves him.

mishtiburi

[viperslang]

In collaboration with ANMLY, am curating/editing a fangs-n-talons folio SAS (South Asian Subcontinent) Lit of potent writing from the Subcontinent which focuses on the voices strengthened in the margins. Writers/Poets from mainlands and Diasporas send us yr work.  We welcome writers/poets from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. I particularly invite writing from Dalit, Indigenous, women and queer folks.

Please read the call for submissions and send me your shiniest blades. 

[mishtiburi-blog]

I am irreplacable.

Good luck to you for underestimating my potential while I was loving you unconditionally when you were at your lowest.

You will forever be haunted by my absence.

- mishtiburi

[unearthlyperennial]

i am my own flavor. i come from a watered down taste of my father’s landowner hands dirt and diligence mixed with mother’s jasmine neck and silky black hair a dash of furious eyes flaming in freedom a touch of red - in scarves and beads and bangles a hint of Urdu calligraphy in my thought and western sophistication in my speech. i wear the faint smell of henna only occasionally the fragrance of tears and weariness on me constantly i taste of dusty pages and reek of musty shawls i am a pinch of mystery and a handful of undefined cluttered chaos, beautiful chaos.

longing for identification