Thank you, Dr Soumya Awasthi, for presenting the Bare Bones Publishing vision. Thank you, Mehraj Bhat, for the platform. youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1VLM2…

"Get your sleep. Your brain will thank you!" Words of wisdom from medicine laureate Oliver Smithies.

I wanted to write because I had no friends. Forty years later, I have no friends left because I write.

This... So beautifully said and relatable on so many levels. I wanted to do some good, twenty-four years later, no good is left in me.

You have said an absolute truth. However, you may not have friends but you do have your admirers in plenty.

Truth!

So true...more so for women 👌🏽

the kid vs the adult from being an early, curious reader to catching up with fellow writers (Sahana Ahmed, Ronita C, and barnali ray shukla) 🙈❤ ps. pic 2 is cropped to keep the focus on the writers. 😅😅😅

My essay FEEDBACK DOPE about our need for feedback, and how its monetisation in publishing and Creative Writing pedagogy has resulted in a nervous and dishonest economy, in the American magazine CounterPunch:  counterpunch.org/2024/06/23/fee… PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1Iwnvn0…

A new session begins at DikshaSchoolIndia and all that excitement of fresh kitting with uniform & books Aasraa Trust Tr. Kajal Gogini Anurag Shukla @Capt_Shakil Embassy of Japan in India Virat Kohli @chopra_jess Sahana Ahmed Deepika Dr. Priya Laxmi Delhi SCHOOL TEACHERS FORUM Erik Solheim Harsh Goenka Heena Qureshi

Half the year is over, sharing the books I’ve read so far. Fiction & non-fiction - Some absolutely fantastic reads. My reviews- instagram.com/shikhaslambapo… With Sahana Ahmed Nadia Hashimi Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Dr. Gabor Maté Deeba Zargarpur Etaf Rum Sonora Reyes Pashtana Zalmai Khan Durrani پښتنه درانی Peter Attia

I wrote about freedom from one's followers, its essential role in creative & political life, listening to Nietzsche during a fortnight of convalescence & how freeing it is to be outside the control of one's followers, for Open Magazine 's Freedom special openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/…

September begins with a CNF acceptance from Bare Bones Publishing for their 𝘔𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴 anthology. Thank you, Sahana ma'am, for accepting this piece so dear to me. 𝘔𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴 will be out in January. barebonespublishing.in/2024/05/07/cal…

An intense personal piece on religion and politics which I speed-wrote in one evening was accepted by Sahana Ahmed for the Bare Bones Publishing anthology, 𝘔𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴. Thank you, ma'am. I look forward to the publication in January. 🌸🙏

In the midst of difficult times for multiple reasons got a lovely acceptance for a piece for a much needed My India, My Gods anthology. Thanks Bare Bones Publishing and Sahana Ahmed

My CNF 'The Grand Canyon' has found a beautiful home in this very relevant anthology for Young Adults to be published in January 2025 by Bare Bones Publishing Thank you Sahana Ahmed Gratitude to Manisha Sahoo Sudha Subramanian Arti Jain for their valuable inputs.

*News* My piece of creative nonfiction, "(Different) Strands of my Life" has been accepted for publication by Sahana Ahmed Ma'am for an anthology "My India, My Gods" to be published 2025 by Bare Bones Publishing . I loved writing it and much gratitude to Sahana Ahmed for the honour.

Much gratitude

Happy to let you know that my creative nonfiction for ‘My India, My Gods’ has been selected. Many thanks Bare Bones Publishing and Sahana Madam. Sahana Ahmed