24 Poems by 24 Poets - Smithsonian’s “Beyond Bollywood” series, Irving Arts Center in Dallas

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A giant thank you to Usha Akella & Pramila Venkateswaran, Directors of Matwaala: South Asian Diaspora Poets' Collective - they’ve curated an exhibition of 24 poems by 24 poets of the South Asian diaspora. I’m honored to be part of it!

The poems are on display 3/29-4/12 at the Irving Arts Center in Dallas as part of the Smithsonian’s “Beyond Bollywood” series. On Feb. 29 at 4 pm, the co-directors will present a reading of their poems and discuss their work in conversation with with Ravi Srinivasan of Think India.

The poets are…
1. Pramila Venkateswaran
2. Zilka Joseph
3. Sophia Naz
4. Varsha Shah
5. Ravi Shankar
6. Rohan chhetri
7. Indran Amirthanayagam
8. Usha.akella
9. Sara Garg
10. Ralph nazareth
11. Phinder Dulai
12. Saleem peeradina
13. Sasha Parmasad
14. Vivek Sharma
15. Amit Majmudar
16. Kirun Kapur
17. Prageeta Sharma
18. Kazim Ali
19. Subhash Kak
20. Dilruba Ahmed
21. Monica Ferrell
22. Sweta Srivastava Vikram
23. KalpnaSingh-Chitnis
24. Subhashini Kaligotla

24 Poems by 24 Poets of the South Asian diaspora

24 Poems by 24 Poets of the South Asian diaspora

Smithsonian’s “Beyond Bollywood” exhibit: Irving Arts Center in Dallas

Smithsonian’s “Beyond Bollywood” exhibit: Irving Arts Center in Dallas

Poetry exhibit Curated by Usha Akella & Pramila Venkateswaran, Directors of Matwaala: South Asian Diaspora Poets' Collective

Poetry exhibit Curated by Usha Akella & Pramila Venkateswaran, Directors of Matwaala: South Asian Diaspora Poets' Collective