Poetry collections: pick of the best 3 November 20152 November 2016Farhana Shaikh Small Hands by Mona Arshi This debut collection is small but perfectly formed. The poems are diverse, each deeply personal which offer insight [...]
Sweta Srivastava Vikram 8 October 201530 December 2015Farhana Shaikh Q. Tell us about the inspiration behind your latest poetry collection, wet silence? I would say there were several inspirations accumulated over the [...]
Rishi Dastidar 8 October 201522 September 2016Farhana Shaikh Q. Where did your journey of writing poetry begin? Very atypically, I can pinpoint an exact moment where I had a damascene conversion [...]
Sweta Srivastava Vikram 21 May 201317 October 2013Farhana Shaikh The Asian Writer caught up with poet extraordinaire, Sweta Vikram to talk about her latest collection, No Ocean Here [...]
My Senses and You – Sun Slimstone 2 September 201224 January 2015Farhana Shaikh “I…love…you”, and I loved you too. Your sound, a sweet voice, excited, so happy I’ve come around. Moans, groans and changing tones through [...]
Snap 27 June 201127 January 2015Farhana Shaikh By Shruti Parija Snap went the bond that begun in great revelry With the umbilical cord The bond that was meant to nurture [...]
Not in My Name by Anita Khan 13 May 200827 January 2015Farhana Shaikh Anita Khan is 25 and lives in High Wycombe. She works with young people and the community. Her social and political outlook shapes [...]