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Q. The collection, Saris and a Single Malt really works as a whole piece, with each individual poem moving you along the journey from your mother being unwell, her death, to coming to terms with her death. Was the poetry always with you during this tumultuous time? Poetry and pain never left my side—from the …
Q. Tell us about the inspiration behind your latest poetry collection, wet silence? I would say there were several inspirations accumulated over the years that inspired “Wet Silence.” But the main was what NovelistChimamanda Adichie’s beautifully shared in one of her Ted Talks: the fear of just one story representing an entire culture. India is a big country and …
The Asian Writer caught up with poet extraordinaire, Sweta Vikram to talk about her latest collection, No Ocean Here
On the release of her recent novel, Perfectly Untraditional, The Asian Writer caught up with author and poet Sweta Vikram
When did you start writing poetry? I want to say when I was in my pre-teens. Growing up, I always liked collecting diaries and scribbling in them, but I formally started dabbling in poetry when I joined my boarding school in Mussoorie, India. Of course, over the years, my voice and style (impacted by my …