Loved it.

Thank you.

Thank you Porch LitMag for the mention and for housing this piece. Means a lot.

One more contributor to announce! We welcome Arti Jain back for Issue 4 with special Creative Nonfiction-Visual Art hybrid piece. It’s an honor to publish Arti Jain again, please join me in congratulating her!

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Gurparv di lakh lakh vadaiyaan with these lines from Iqbal... Chishti ne jis zamin mein paiġham-e-haq sunaya Nanak ne jis chaman mein wahdat ka geet gaaya... Mera watan wahi hai mera watan wahi hai

Received this email in the middle of an emotional zig-zag and now I'll sleep with a smile. A story that only appeared in print earlier this year will be online in Aksolotl Literary Magazine, making this my first outing to Estonia! Then there's the bit about The Hooghly Review 😃🙏

Looking forward to presenting a session based on our book, ‘Don’t Climb on the Bullock Cart’ at ⁦Bangalore Lit Fest⁩ Come, let’s have some fun with ‘Don’t’ at 4 pm on 14th Dec. Arti Jain - Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) #blrlitfest #writingcommunity bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/participant/ar…

This truly has been another joy. Of names becoming familiar, becoming literary acquaintances, sometimes even an unexpected community. Gretchen Filart 🇵🇭 🇵🇸 cole beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 Amy Barnes @shikhaslamba François Bereaud Mixed Bag Dev Bodepudi 📝 🇵🇸 Arti Jain Jona Ray ..The Hooghly Review

Grateful to be part of this very important book, to be released in Feb 2025. Thank you Sahana Ahmed Bare Bones Publishing #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity

Another unique collection from The Hooghly Review! Happy to share space with familiar names & friends in the writing community including @shikhaslamba Nikki Rivera Ronita C Sumitra Singam (she/her/Baginda) Arti Jain! Thank you François Bereaud Tejaswinee 🖤⚖️🖊 Ankit Raj Ojha What a glorious Holiday gift💕

This week the Asahi Shimbun's haiku corner, curated by Prof. David McMurray, celebrates the vernal equinox—a holiday in Japan to mark the end of winter & start of spring. It is also #WorldPoetryDay & I'm glad to appear in one of Japan's oldest newspapers. asahi.com/sp/ajw/article…

Read the stunning 'It Could be the Insomnia Plague..' by Namratha Varadharajan about the transience of time. 'Now I know, it's spreading like a silenced wildfire... Label everything-- dreams, thoughts, how much you mean to me, and why, before we timelapse...' #poetry

... she hurries with the vows, as she wraps her life, backwards--when flight was home, light was birds, and tugs felt a lot like wedding vows, yet unspoken. Tender emotions and exquisite imagery in barnali ray shukla A Summer Wedding for Munia and Dhani. Love it! #poetry

A last minute entry made it to the National Flash Fiction Day —‘I dreamt I Orbited high above the deepest reaches’— a surreal and satirical flash. Chuffed beyond chai to be sharing space with so many I admire. Thank you kind editors. See you all on the 14th June. #flashfiction #amwriting

Honoured to be a part of Bare Bones Publishing #kidlit #childrensbooks

FlashFlood: 'I dreamt I orbited high above the deepest reaches of the Earth’s core where Wisdom winters' by Arti Jain dlvr.it/TLLmlX #nffd2025

Thrilled to share my poem ‘Silence’ will appear in the Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2024. Grateful to the editors Vinita Aggarwal and sukrita paul kumar as well as the Review Committee. Congratulations to my fellow poets. #poetry #yearbook #published

This stunning #childrensbook by Arti Jain is whimsical, casting a mischievous spell. No, there aren't lessons learnt, only more mischief and fun with playful and unique illustrations by Tanmay Acharya. Parakeet Books #kidlit So proud Arti Jain aka Rani Lakshmibai!

I'm stoked to share my new poem, LAST SUPPER, which appeared today on Rattle. This is a food poem and a lot more. I'm grateful to Timothy Green and all the good people of Rattle. 🙌🏾 rattle.com/last-supper-by…