I never could have thought my keyboard transforms so naturally into a grand piano every time I write. The prelude, the exposition, the recapitulation: it's my mind that creates; the fingers execute.
The poem bone journey has been shortlisted in the Queen Mary Wasafiri Poetry Prize 2020 and judged by Raymond Antrobus. One of the most prestigious writing prizes with entries from sixty-four countries, it champions new writers with no limits on age or nationality. The poem will be published in the February 2021 issue of th...
The poem bone island shortlisted in the the 2020 Bridport Poetry Prize, one of the largest worldwide literary competitions, judged by Mimi Khalvati.
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Her compassionate and widely researched story delving into the unknown traditions and lives of a woman belonging to an ostracised Hijra community in India was longlisted in the 2020 Short Story Commonwealth Prize.
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The Poetry Society's annual National Poetry Competition is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world for previously unpublished single poems and has a first prize of £5,000. The 2018 National Poetry Competition was judged by Kei Miller, Kim Moore and Mark Waldron.
Nominated in the Iconic Women Series at the Hypatia Trust
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Poetry reading and creative writing workshop 14th -15th February 2018 at Hotel
Napoleon Champs Elysées, Paris
Represented the Indian poet at an International Poetry Reading on World Poetry
Day March 2017 in Eastbourne UK