carol

these tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree

[rayaprolprize @rayaprolprize]

About 72 hours to go....younger poets (20-40 years of age) writing in English...submit your poetry for this year's (18th) Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. https://t.co/gkEf3OGRxL

[carol @silentoars]

@anniezaidi Fascinating! Looking forward to picking up a copy!

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

Some of the finest khakas (pen portraits) written by a contemporary Urdu writer, recently translated into English. Khakas are a distinct literary form, sadly under-utilized nowadays. The translator had won the Jawad Memorial Prize for one of these translated portraits.

[Tanuj Solanki @tanujsolanki]

echoes & originals, the short-story-writing program that I launched in Oct-Nov 2024, and which has since been attended by >160 writers, returns for a new cohort starting Sunday, Sep 20.

Registration link in bio.

[Hindi Kavita @Hindi_Kavitaa]

साथी,
लड़े बग़ैर कुछ नहीं मिलता।

पाश

[Vj @rumlolarum]

Join us for the book launch of ‘The Meat of the Matter’ by @sakie339 — happening today at SJU.

[carol @silentoars]

... listening for
something, torn
between bitterness and
hope

~ Adrienne Rich

[Tanuj Solanki @tanujsolanki]

Issue 64 of The Bombay Literary Magazine is live!

[Paromita Vohra @parodevi]

#Bangalore screening of Working Girls woh bhi at Vikalp which is special because it's organised by fellow documentary filmmaking. Do come or share with folks who might like to see. Registration is required and can be done at this link - https://t.co/AJp4XE7ikK

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

'Gazing at the sunbathing laceleaf heart,
the frigid anxiety in my chest thaws.
Here, cool, cushioned rooms
are named after
warm, plump mangoes—
haapus, malgova, safeda, dasheri—
after butchered orchards, uprooted by concrete.'

Poems by @silentoars https://t.co/krcLHcQ22d

[Archives at NCBS @Archives_NCBS]

The Archives at NCBS and @NCBS_Bangalore invites all for a public lecture by Ramakrishna Ramaswamy discussing "D.D. Kosambi: One Life, Many Worlds" a deeply researched biography that draws on Kosambi's letters, journal entries, family accounts, and unprecedented archival material.

📆 Thursday, August 20, 2026, 04:00 PM
📍 Dasheri Auditorium, NCBS

[Pranava @lolo_enteprises]

Anyone on here with parents or grandparents who worked in PSUs like HMT, BEL, IISC, BEML, in Bangalore during the 1980? Please DM, thank you

This is for an essay! Help appreciated, please rt for visibility 🙈

[Vincent D Souza @Vincentsjotting]

For those who wish to write on our city: seriously

[Bangalore International Centre @bicblr]

12 Aug | Wed | 6:30PM | The Trembling Tiber

Neal Hall reads from The Trembling Tiber, his award-winning poetry collection that enters into a conversation with Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

https://t.co/pqwn7beemC

[Souradeep @SouradeepRoy19]

Hello friends -- Dr Abhaya NB and I are inviting abstracts for our proposed seminar, "Nation Within the World: Genealogies of a Comparative Method from the Global South" at the 2027 ACLA online conference. Please consider submitting!

https://t.co/bL50Zg3HwX

[carol @silentoars]

Since the truth would certainly be written off as an unfact I decided to lie. The most plausible explanations usually are lies. What do you say to others about yourself?

~ Jeanette Winterson, Gut Symmetries

[Ananke | AnankeWLF @anankemag]

AnankeLitFest 2026 | Agenda
Unveiling the agenda for day 1 Only on Ananke's YouTube channel: Handle: @anankemag4661 or the link: https://t.co/VZNaw7FvZy
@critoe @seagullbooks @anniezaidi @WARSCAPES @ZubaanBooks @IamReadomania @DMSpeaks @SabynJaveri @meenakandasamy @GautamVegda3

[Bangalore International Centre @bicblr]

4 Aug | Tue | 7:00PM | Smiling Is a Natural Trait

Language: Kannada & English

D V Gundappa is one of the most unforgettable Kannada authors. This evening, his poetic masterpiece Mankuthimmana Kagga is explored through music & discussion.

https://t.co/cfpFvZ5Js5

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

The Chakkar publishes reviews, features, essays, and opinions about Indian music, literature, arts, film/TV, theatre, sports/outdoors, and more - including creative prose, poetry, photography, etc.

https://t.co/0YzcfAek2j

[carol @silentoars]

"States have the power to wait. People don’t."

[Mukul Kesavan @mukulkesavan]

Arundhati Roy writes the essay the moment needs with the tenderness, admiration and empathy that this uprising of young cockroaches deserves.

https://t.co/FAuO5uDQpq