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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Tomorrow is the fourth Monday of this month. Come! And spread the word! Please note: tomorrow’s session will start at 7:30, since Prithvi’s summertime workshops for kids go on until then.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Weak and oppressed! Rise my brother Come out of living in slavery. Manu-follower Peshwas are dead and gone Manu’s the one who barred us from education. ~ Rise, to learn and act, by Savitribai Phule, tr. Priyamwada Redican Chakne Read by Vishwanand. #PoetryInParks #IndianPoetry #DalitHistoryMonth

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Rise, To Learn And Act, By Savitribai Phule

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Tomorrow will be a year since we started this channel. Subscribe: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... or use the QR code. Send an event: bit.ly/PoetryMMR

Listings of poetry events — book launches, readings, performances, open mics, community meets, contests — in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region*.

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Please use this form even if you know the channel admins personally. It helps us to send out the info you share without too much stress. Thank you.

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* The formal definition of the MMR: Greater Mumbai, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayandar, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar, Ambernath, Badlapur, Palghar, Uran, Matheran, Karjat, Khopoli, Pen, Alibag.

A QR code for the Poetry in the MMR WhatsApp channel.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It’s UNESCO’s World Poetry Day. Share a favourite poem that you have memorised.

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Orijit Sen will be speaking at Indie Comix Fest Delhi on Sunday. We'll be there at a table with copies of his classic book RIVER OF STORIES as well as some other graphic novel selections!

Indie Comix Fest @ Goethe Institut Max Mueller Bhavan March 15 Delhli 11 am - 8 pm

A page from River of Stories by Orijit Sen, showing a protest at the Rewa river. "We oppose all those who, in the name of development, commit crimes against humanity by tearing apart this earth for their own short-term gains ... We will face them with the courage of truth and non-violence!"

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The Goa Project @thegoaproject.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This Sunday, 8 March, we turn our spotlight to Goa, and in honour or International Women’s Day, we zoom in to women at work in Goa. We also have an open call for up-and-coming photographers as part of this TGP Sessions. More: thegoaproject.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/b...

On a neon orange background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side.
On top, in a yellow rectangle: Goa Spotlight
Below, the headline: A woman’s (work)place
Below, a subhead: How Goa has changed for working women
Next, the session date: 8 March
Next, a circular window with a portrait of the presenter, in black-and-white.
Next to that, the presenter’s name: Pallavi Arondekar
And below that, a descriptor: Non-profit professional, seeker
Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image.
In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. IST, online.

On a neon green background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side.
On top, in a yellow rectangle: Goa spotlight
Below, the headline: Days of our lives
Below, a subhead: The everyday lives of half of Goa’s residents
Next, the session date: 8 February
Next, a circular window where usually is a portrait of the presenter, an image showing a camera.
Next to that, where the presenter’s name usually appears: Multiple photographer
And below that, a descriptor: Curated by Frederick Noronha
Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image.
In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. IST, online.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I think that we’re beginning to remember that the first poets didn’t come out of a classroom, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or out of a cave and looked up at the sky with wonder and said, “Ahhh.” That was the first poem. ~ Lucille Clifton #PoetsOnPoetry

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Share your poetry books!

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Bansa Community Library @bansalibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

WE NEED MORE BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARY Order a book today from our Amazon Wishlist- amazon.in/hz/wishlist/... and help us keep learning alive in places where libraries are yet to reach. You can also contribute monetarily here- rzp.io/rzp/lctrEUfg or UPI- amf@hdfcbank #SupportFreeLibrary

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)

Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
p. 60
Bhoota Vahana Yanta
Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used
for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine-
men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between
1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning
events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE.
According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the
early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture,
as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these
spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs
out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after
him and kill him.
At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now
Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the
Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets
of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he
arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated
as a Roman.
This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the
Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master
Robot-Maker, and had a son by her.
Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved
to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well
aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as
soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh,
and sewed the wound back up.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The city’s longest-running open mic. Free for both audience and performers. I’m hosting tomorrow. Registration starts on the spot at around 6:45: show up and put your name on the board. The first 20 people are guaranteed a slot. Event starts 7:00 p.m. . Come! Bring friends. Tell others. #BomSky

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

At Prithvi Theatre Café on Monday. @zigzackly.bsky.social is hosting this month. Come, bring friends. Spread the word The longest-running #OpenMic in the #MMR. #Bombay #Mumbai #Bambai #Poetry #Storytelling #Songs #Stand-upComedy

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I’m hosting this session. Come if you’re in the area and have the time? (Like all open mics, quality is a matter of luck on the day, but Prithvi is a vibe on its own.)

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

So far Kickstarter backers of @matratype.bsky.social's INDIA STREET LETTERING book project have donated 24 copies of the book to the Free Libraries Network! Available as an Add-On when you pledge your support! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Free Libraries Network - India & South Asia

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Sent out a substantial bunch of writing opportunities this weekend. Catch them all at: groups.google.com/group/Cafera... t.me/CaferatiList... whatsapp.com/channel/0029... And you can share opportunities you know about via this form: bit.ly/caf-listings... @caferati.bsky.social

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The essentials. Caferati Listings carries opportunities for writers — calls for entries and submissions to contests and anthologies...

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I recall being floored by a prose poem called "Husband" many years ago, and I want to read it again. It was by an Asian-American writer, possibly queer. Can you help me find it, please?

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Listen to me as one listens to the rain, not attentive, not distracted, light footsteps, thin drizzle, water that is air, air that is time, the day is still leaving, the night has yet to arrive, As One Listens to the Rain, by Octavio Paz. Read by Jincy Varghese.

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As One Listens to the Rain, by Octavio Paz

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Treat a poem like dirt, humus rich and heavy from the garden. Later on it will become the fat tomatoes and golden squash piled high upon your kitchen table How to Read a Poem: Beginner's Manual, by Pamela Spiro Wagner. Read by Neha Kudchadkar.

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How to Read a Poem: Beginner's Manual, by Pamela Spiro Wagner

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The Goa Project @thegoaproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Next in our open platform showcase series: an open mic for amateur stand-up comedians. The best submissions get a feedback and tips session with an expert mentor, Aditi Mittal, before they take their turn at the mic. Read all about it: thegoaproject.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/l...

On a yellow background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side.
On top, in a yellow rectangle: Showcase
Below, the headline: Laugh lines
Below, a subhead: An open mic for comedy
Next, the session date: 29 June
Next, a circular window, which frames a picture of a microphone, and besides it, a name: You
And below that, a descriptor: An amateur stand-up comic
Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image.
In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. IST, on Zoom.

On a yellow background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side.
On top, in a yellow rectangle: Showcase
Below, the headline: L.O.L.
Below, a subhead: Lots Of Learning: a comedy workshop
Next, the session date: 16–17 June
Next, a circular window, framing a portrait of the presenter, and a name: Aditi Mittal
And below that, a descriptor: Comedian, actor, writer, teacher
Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image.
In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. IST, on Zoom.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We are the same, this land and I - Wilfully ignorant of being at the risk of being burnt down by an inferno of logged water. ~ A bildungsroman by @chamelea.bsky.social #poetryinparks #poem youtu.be/wv694kGqHxE

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A bildungsroman, by Rituja Patil

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It’s business as usual as the trees fall The roofs cave in and the sewers burst. Take no notice, you in your towers Where the light gentles all storms. ~ First Deluge Of The Season, by Sampurna Chattarji (read by @mumbaipaused.bsky.social) #poetryinparks #poem #pausaala #powergela

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First Deluge Of The Season, by Sampurna Chattarji

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

After every war someone has to clean up. Things won’t straighten themselves up, after all. Someone has to push the rubble to the side of the road, so the corpse-filled wagons can pass. ~The End and the Beginning Wislawa Szymborska (translated by Joanna Trzeciak) Read by Anu #poetryinparks #poem

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The End and the Beginning, by Wislawa Szymborska

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The drone’s buzzing sound, the roar of an F-16, the screams of bombs falling on houses, on fields, and on bodies, of rockets flying away— rid my small ear canal of them all. ~ Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, by @mosababutoha.bsky.social read by Deepti Khera. #PoetryforPalestine #NakbaDay

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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, by Mosab Abu Toha

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Imagine our streets full of women, talking, strolling, laughing and gesticulating. Visualise parks and beaches dotted with young women sitting alone. Imagine street corners taken over by old women reflecting on the state of the world. ~ from @whyloiter.bsky.social read by Sukrity G #poetryinparks

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[Extract from Why Loiter], by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan, Shilpa Ranade

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Yet, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night... ~ from the journals of Sylvia Plath read by Garima S. #poetryinparks

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[Extract from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath]

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 06/05/2025

Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸 Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day. RSVP to join: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry
Virtual Launch Event
Thursday, May 15
5:00 pm CT

Rasha A.
LDA A
Dina Abdulhadi
Leena Aboutaleb
George abraham
Rimona Afana
Fadia Antabli
Summer Awad
Asmaa’ Azaizeh
Farah Barqawi
Sarona Bedwan
Carolina Ebeid
Olivia Elias
Summer Farah
Layla Azmi Goushey
Maen Hammad
noor hindi
Lenna Jawdat
Emily Khilfeh
N Mankinem
Angie Mazakis
Hajer Mirwali
Sara Saleh
Hind Shoufani
Jen Siraganian
Rewa Zeinati
Omar Zahzah

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Monday, 28th. Come. Register on the spot.

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#WorldBookDay Quote this post with a picture of the book you are #NowReading.

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#WorldBookDay Quote this post with a picture of the last book you bought.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Comrade of decades Annie Zaidi has a new book out. The Bombay launch event is this coming Monday. Free, but prior registration is required. www.litlive.in/literature-l...

The image is a flyer for a book launch.
The book is The Comeback, by Annie Zaidi. The image has a picture of the book on one side, and below, mugshots of the author, moderator for the event, and the performers.

(Details below, from an accompanying email.)

🎭 John K. had it all—until his ego wrecked his best friend Asghar’s life.
Now, in the quiet town of Baansa, can their mutual love of the stage offer them both a second chance?

Annie Zaidi’s new novel, _The Comeback_, is a powerful story of friendship, betrayal, forgiveness and.... theatre
Join us for the Mumbai launch, and watch it come to life through performed excerpts by *Chandan Roy Sanyal, Gagan Riar, Rajit Kapur, and Vivek Madan.*

The author will also be in conversation with *Anahita Uberoi* about ambition, fame, the theatre and the lasting ties it forges.

🗓️ Monday, 21 April
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Prithvi Theatre

*RSVP now:* https://www.litlive.in/literature-live-evenings/the-comeback

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Just hit me that I can say that I have friends via Caferati (and Ryze, the first post-blogs social networking site for many of us in India, where Caferati first took shape) for decades. Plural. Like more than 20 years. 🧓🏾 And, come 2007, 2008, that will be true of Fb and Twitter pals.

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Kolkata! Come to our launch event for The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF with @architamittra.bsky.social and Prachi Singh at Storyteller Bookstore, next week Saturday April 19!

Storyteller Bookstore and Blaft Publications present a discussion with authors Archita Mittra and Prachi Singh on THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF, 5-6:30 pm, Saturday 19th April 2025, Storyteller, 171 M Picnic Garden Road, VIP Bazar, Kolkata

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The Community Library Project @tclp.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Our leader Simpy, reading Anita Bharti’s Krantikari Jai Bhim poem, reminds us that 14th April is not just a date it's a call to continue Babasaheb’s fight for equality. Bharti’s poem is the voice of millions who are still struggling for their rights. youtu.be/ppvFsOqYuH8

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Krantikari Jai Bhim | Anita Bharti | Simpy Sharma

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If you love poetry and Koparkhairane is accessible for you, come, join us.

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The Goa Project @thegoaproject.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If you make your own music, sign up!

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Tomorrow, the 24th, is March’s fourth Monday. So, you know where to come.

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Michael Creighton @mocreighton.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

If you love books and are in Delhi, you don't want to miss this... Annie Zaidi is an important writer, and she's launching her book at @tclp.bsky.social because she loves libraries! Register: forms.gle/7FYXoBYYhqnH...

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

An open mic that combines writing and performance skills with quick thinking. Submission deadline: 7th March.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Our 16th meet is in a Nerul park on Saturday, 8th March, at 4:00 p.m. For the map location pin and calendar invitation, please email poetry.in.parks.nm @ gmail by the 7th to avoid our possibly missing your mail. There is no mandatory theme, but we will suggest one in the invitation email.

The image is the Poetry in Parks logotype, which is a purple circle within which are the words ‘Poetry in Parks’ in pink letters. The circle sits at the centre of a background that is the same pink as the lettering.
Across the bottom is the info for the meet: 4:00 p.m., 8th March, Nerul.

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The Goa Project @thegoaproject.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

For our next TGP Sessions, we continue our experiment with our community-focused Sessions. Welcome to TGP’s second online open mic. This time it is for storytellers. But there is a plot twist. Please see thegoaproject.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/a... for the details.

On a yellow background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side.
On top, in a yellow rectangle: Showcase
Below, the headline: A flash of inspiration
Below, a subhead: An open mic for storytellers
Next, the session date: 9 March
Next, a circular window, and a name: You
And below that, a descriptor: A budding raconteur
Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image.
In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. IST, on Zoom.

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Caferati @caferati.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Caferati has always been about supporting writers. But where would writers be without readers? (And all writers are, first and always, readers.) Free libraries make more readers and writers, that is why this is a @freelibsnet.bsky.social stan account and we are amplifying #LibraryLove.

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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We have a serious case of Library L💙VE! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL Anindita Ghose is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

The image is a poster with several elements.
On a blue background, there are several elements of a flyer.
There is a photograph of a person looking at camera.
Below that, the person’s name, and a description:
Anindita Ghose
Author
Next to it is this text:
For a donation of INR 10,000, I offer a one-on-one video call on tools to finishing your first novel and querying publishers.
In a band across the bottom are two logos.
On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters.
On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

This 40-minute video call is for those who have started on their first fiction manuscript and are feeling stuck. We could discuss concerns around your characters' refusal to follow your plans, or strategies for your writing routine. You could also gift this conversation to a friend.

Bio of the artist:
Anindita Ghose is an author, journalist and editor based in Bombay. Her debut novel ‘The Illuminated’ was published in India in 2021 and subsequently in the U.K, and is a bestseller. Anindita is the former editor of Mint Lounge, has a master’s degree in arts journalism from Columbia University, and her writing continues to be published in national and international publications. In 2019, she was awarded the Hawthornden Writing Fellowship (Scotland). You can follow her work at aninditaghose.com.

Below that, a QR Code, and these words:
To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all.
We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system.
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Library Love (14–28 February)
Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN.
Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers.
Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency.

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In large text at centre are these words:
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Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded.
FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right.
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In a band across the bottom are two logos.
On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters.
On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

L💙VE to love free libraries? Then you’ll love this! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL Likla and Kripa are making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

The image is a poster with several elements.
On a blue background, there are several elements of a flyer.
There is a photograph of two people looking at camera.
Below that, the person’s name, and a description:
Likla & Kripa
Writer | Artist
Next to it is this text:
For a donation of INR 5000, you will get a spot on our in-person workshop inspired by the work of Somnath Hore.

In a band across the bottom are two logos.
On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters.
On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

Likla and Kripa will conduct a workshop in Bombay, inspired by our book 'Somnath Hore: Wounds'. Part 1 of the workshop explores the idea of archives. Part 2 is a fun space to create, as inspired by the artist Somnath Hore.
Age group: 10-16 years, but we welcome anyone 10+!
It will take place in March/April

Likla is an award-winning children’s book writer. Her books include 'Art is a Verb', 'Somnath Hore: Wounds' and 'Abanindranath's House of Stories', published by Art1st. She is a part of PanicNot! a storytelling collective.
Kripa is an illustrator and writer based in Mumbai. The characters in her books are real people derived from her association with the grassroots. Her art is rooted in her engagement with her city Mumbai. She is committed to making books accessible to children everywhere.

Below that, a QR Code, and these words:
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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

L💙VE to love free libraries? Then you’ll love this! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL @WanderersAll is making a cool offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

I will answer questions about my work and give tips specific to the donor's writing/storytelling needs with a practical application to their daily or professional lives. An informal online session on Zoom or Google Meet in Feb-March, drawing from my own work and experience.

Bio of the artist:
Janhavi is the author of the novel Wanderers, All, the short story collection Window Seat: Rush-hour stories from the city, travel guide Moon Mumbai & Goa, and two children's books. Her short stories appear in various anthologies of short fiction while her literary reviews and features on the arts appear in leading publications in India and internationally. She is contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller India.

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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Free is Equal and Free Libraries Equal L💙VE! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL @zigzackly.bsky.social & #RajivEipe are making a FUN offer. Scan the QR code on slide 2 OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

We will ask some leading questions, request a photo of you or the person you want to gift this to (which we may or may not use as a reference), and then make you a silly poem set in whimsical illustration that complements it. This will be a digital file which you can print out and frame.
Next to it is a bio of the person making the offer:
Rajiv Eipe makes picture books, comics and short animation films. He has been known to maintain an untidy desk, doodle in sketchbooks, drink too much coffee, and stare into vacant space when confronted with difficult deadlines.
Peter Griffin has been a salesperson, copywriter, journalist, voice-over artist, communications consultant. Among his unmonetisable skills are community building and the ability to make up silly rhymes. Being unemployed, this is the only way he can afford Rajiv’s art.

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