![]() ![]() Her op-ed/essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, The White Review, and Guernica among other places. Her second novel, When I Hit You, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch and Ms Militancy, and the critically acclaimed novel, The Gypsy Goddess. Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who was born in Chennai, India. Currently Writer in Residence at the University of York and Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Capildeo's newest work is Like a Tree, Walking (Carcanet, forthcoming 2021). ![]() Vahni Capildeo FRSL is a Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction. We stand with the people of India, in diaspora and at home like them, everything will be remembered.Īamir Aziz is a poet, actor and activist based in Mumbai. All money raised was donated to a range of community-based, mutual aid initiatives based on regularly updated guidance from organisers and mutual aid workers in India. ![]() ![]() Organised by Ignota, the87Press and The White Review, the event featured readings by Aamer Aziz, Vahni Capildeo, Meena Kandasamy, Bhanu Kapil, Ashwani Kumar, Pratyusha, Nat Raha, Nisha Ramayya, Kashif Sharma-Patel, Himali Singh Soin, Bisakh Som and Preti Taneja (reading from the work of Karithka Naïr). On 5 June 2021, poets, writers and artists came together in solidarity, in grief and in love with the people of India. Everything will be remembered.’ – Aamir Aziz ![]()
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