Sampurna Chattarji

@sardesairajdeep India Alliance on track to exceed 300 seats as BJP-led NDA faces challenges in securing 180-195 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

In which @shampoochats and I trace the publishing journey of star Tamil publisher @kannansundara16 who has been publishing literary prize winners in a career spanning more than twenty five years. Read about him in #LivesinLiterature in @nationalherald_ nationalheraldindia.com/art-and-cultur…

As part of the Mumbai Poetry Festival, we celebrate 100 years of Nissim Ezekiel by jointly (Jerry Pinto, @ShampooChats , and I) reading his delightful poem 'Entertainment'. Film by Hyphenbrands, for #Poetrywala. youtu.be/XvIO3hOz2SE?fe…

@ShampooChats @MishraKedar1 #mumbaipoetryfestival Release of Elizabeth Grech's book of poems - Between Seas Discussion on Maltese Poetry Today: Sampurna Chattarji in conversation with Adrian Grima

India is weaponising FATF recommendations against civil society aje.io/drqgik via @AJEnglish

For National Herald I wrote something about memory, joy, time and loss evoked by the Ganesh festival. Please read? Thanks @ShampooChats @NH_India nationalheraldindia.com/culture/that-g…

#DilliDiary: Imagine if the owners of a Karachi Watch Co. or Lahore Stationers or Peshawar Cloth House were Muslim. Would their existence be so undisturbed, wonders Akhil Katyal. nationalheraldindia.com/lifestyle/dill…

@rpjatBL @PangurBn10 Ah yes! Good to see this pop up today

Thread of Irish Colleges found around Europe. Most of them were set up during the Counter-Reformation era. 1. Irish College in Paris, founded 1578, closed briefly during French Revolution (original library lost) Today it hosts Polish seminary + Irish cultural centre

@andrea_jurjevic My list of outstanding contemporary poets (Non American) Les Wicks @sanjeevpoems3 Oz Hardwick @ShampooChats @george_szirtes @RichardNSkinner @PriyaChabria @deuxiemepeau @Emma_Lee1 @ranjithoskote @magdalenaball @theabhayk

@visual_verse Oh! Shall miss the presence. What a fine journey. Congrats and here's to an exciting new chapter.

Dear writers, we have some important news. In October 2023 we will publish our final issue of Visual Verse, rounding out 10 beautiful years of publishing your art and words. It has been a magnificent journey and now it's time for a new chapter.

@Javedakhtarjadu A poetry festival!

I think it is time when we atheists should decide to have atleast two festivals in a year of our own . Not that we will stop celebrating festivals of all other religions but invite all the believers to come share our joy . My fellow atheists any ideas for our festivals

From one of the most important voices in Bengali literature since Jibanananda Das, Joy Goswami, comes a compelling collection of prose poetry. Skillfully translated by Sampurna Chattarji (@ShampooChats), these poems reflect the writer's genius. Read more: harpercollins.co.in/after-death-co…

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@sukhadatatke What we really mean is: Don't be too clever by half!!!

Is "don't act smart" an Indianism? Everytime I tell my husband that, he says: "Why is it a bad thing to be smart in india?" Emm, he has a point there 🤔

Let us celebrate translators today, too often rendered invisible by choice, process, the deceptive transparency of reading, and their own success! @george_szirtes @shreedaisy @tesslewis94 @DJLdistraction @ShampooChats @asanyfuleknow @maniraopoem @arunava @katherineschof8 @iamrana

Freedom. Freedom? youtu.be/xwXtYEtngpA

Promises to be a rare glimpse into this poet's profound imagination.

This evening at 7pm! Listen in to how The Mad Mathematician's Poems journeyed directly from Hindi into Bangla. In the company of poet, publisher, translator and editor. Next best thing to the Mad Hatter's Party :)