I will tell all about the program, but here#8217;s a look at our gallery.

We#8217;re into the fourth day of the six week residency.I#8217;m going through a travel agent in order to get the Visa made, and he says that it could take about seven days for the Visa to come through.

The organisation says #8216;better luck next time!#8217;, but I#8217;m not willing to let this residency go#8230;I need it desperately right now#8230;the energy, being in Pakistan#8230;1947, 1961, the Urdu, a chance to work with Citizen#8217;s archive of Pakistan, having a show in Karachi#8230;

I feel really culturally drained right now,  and this residency and making work around the theme #8216;State of being so divided#8217; promises to be cathartic as well as rejuvenating#8230;It would be a pity to let it go.

This is how the journal describes itself:

SunDryed Affairs is an online nonfiction magazine, featuring primarily the work of writers of color. It was born out of the noticeable lack of ethnic diversity in the collective blog arena, a place generally filled with quality writing, yet oftentimes, writing for, by, and about one tiny corner of white America.

The name is a play on the words “sundry,” meaning various, and “sundried,” which calls up images of brown. Our goal is to make a space for writers of color to share an array of ideas, whether on politics or music, travel or family, from the quotidian to the earth-shattering, in an environment that feels inclusive and familiar while still being distinctly fresh.

This is a link to the page.

I#8217;m terrible excited that I#8217;ve published here, writing from India.It makes me seem like the process is getting somewhere, knowing how hard it is to live and survive , even in a post-colonial country.

Unmoved-she notes the Chariots pausing-

At her low Gate-

Unmoved-an Emperor be kneeling

Upon her Mat-

I#8217;ve known her-from an ample nation-

Choose One-

Then-close the Valves of her attention-

Like Stone-

I was led to this poem by Emily Dickenson through the work of two artists showing a 1ShanthiRoad right now.I think that it applies to #8216;reconnaissance 2#8242;  and the labels project.

Is fortunate that #8217;The Emily Dickenson project#8217; is showing with #8216;reconnaissance 2#8242; and that I#8217;ve been able to interact with it. Do come and see us!

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the face had a white salve on it

he had been shot

by armed forces of the government.

-written at the Jaaga Creative Writing Workshop conducted by Athena Kashyap.

To flag things off and also test the waters, we could start with a reading group on Wednesdays.

This is the facebook event page.Please try to express interest through the internet or the phone if you want to participate.

Phone: 080 41109392

You want to subject my existence to your vile contempt even as live off me.

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