Bhanu Kapil is a contemporary British Indian performance artist and poet. Born and raised in West London to Punjabi parents, Kapil recalls an early inclination toward poetry, composing her first verses as “poem(s) to the stars” as a young child….

Arundhati Subramaniam is a celebrated contemporary female poet. Born in Mumbai, 1973, she recalls, from a young age, wanting to ‘be around words – listen to them, utter them, play with them, and string them into patterns’.1.  After gaining her…

Sampurna Chattarji is a poet, writer, editor, translator, and teacher whose work propels through the boundaries of language and identity. With over 20 published works to her name, Chattarji has emerged as a prominent voice in contemporary Indian literature. Through…

David Dabydeen (David Horace Clarence Harilal Sookram) was born in 1955, in Berbice, Guyana. His second name, Dabydeen, is taken from his mother, Veronica Dabydeen, who raised him, along with his maternal grandparents, after her divorce. Dabydeen regards his time…