Bauchhaar: बौछार- कुछ कवितायें अमेरिका से.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (PST)
Via Zoom
email bauchhaar@gmail.com for zoom link
Join us for an eclectic and rejuvenating morning/afternoon of poetic "Bauchhaar" on Saturday, January 27th from 11:00 AM -12:00 noon PST/2:00 PM -3:00 PM EST in "Kuchh Kavitaayein America se"
Featuring Dr. Ila Prasad, Kalpna Singh, Laxmi Shankar Bajpai, Mamta Kiran and Rachna Srivastava
Hosted by Anshu Johri!
Live on PCSJ's YouTube channel and on Zoom.
Send an email to bauchhaar@gmail.com for a zoom link
Ila Prasad is a writer, novelist, and poet. She has published two poetry collections, two novels, and five short story collections and was the editor of two-part anthologies of short stories by Hindi writers from America. She is also co-editor of a literary journal Hindi Jagat and leads various literary efforts for Hindi across the globe. She has a PhD in Physics and is currently a professor of Physics at St. Thomas University in Houston.
Kalpana Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American poet, filmmaker, and author of six poetry collections, including Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava (River Paw Press), a finalist at the 2023 International Book Awards Trespassing My Ancestral Lands (Finishing Line Press), Tafteesh Jari Hai and Jo Tum Ho Wahi Hoon Main forthcoming from Agnipath. Poems from her award-winning book Bare Soul and her poetry film River of Songs included in the Lunar Codex time-capsules have travelled to the moon with NASA's missions in 2023 and 2024. Website: www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com.
Lakshmi Shankar Bajpai is a renowned poet, writer and editor of the prestigious literary journal Sahitya Amrit. He is a convenor of Indian languages in Valley of Words International Litfest, President. of Parichay Sahitya Parishad which has been organizing monthly literary programs for the past 30 years. An advisor.to Jashn e Hind Litfest, he has also written a book on transcreation from Print, TV, Cinema to audio medium for Indira Gandhi National Open University, besides others. He was the organizer and voice of dozens of Literary programs on the national network of All India Radio. Currently, he is in Boston.
Mamta Kiran is a well-known poetic voice of India and is a freelance writer, broadcaster, newscaster, and voicecaster. She has published a poetry collection and a Ghazal collection and has received various prestigious awards for her poetry, Mahadevi Verma Samman by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan being one of them. Currently she is living in Boston.
Rachna Srivastava is an educator, writer, poet & freelance reporter. She also teaches Hindi and is associated with various non-profit organizations. She has published two books of Haiku, a short story collection, and an essay collection for children, has edited five anthologies, and translated one in Avadhi. Her poems have also appeared in numerous anthologies. She lives in Arcadia, California.