I spoke to Priya Sarukkai Chabria for more than an hour. Time literally flew. And though my cache of questions was largely over, when do we ever want a good conversation to end.

So this is where we ended - we have decided that I will visit her in Pune, with the proviso that I will tell her my favorite drink from before. And we will pick up the thread of the conversation from exactly where we left it and simply carry on....

Priya is brimming with stories and ideas and projects. And her love for cinema and art and environment and poetry and fiction give her the ability to examine things from multiple perspectives. It is sheer joy spending time with her.

She is, of course,  a poet, writer, translator and literary curator. Her publications include five poetry collections, two SF novels, translations from Classical Tamil, and literary nonfiction. She founded Poetry at Sangam, an online literary community, and along with poet and novelist Mrinalini Harchandrai, edited the anthology The Dragon’s Heart: World Poetry in Translation.

Priya has performed in multidisciplinary collaborations across India. Her engagement with Sanskrit aesthetics and Tamil Sangam poetics has been widely published in literary platforms.

Her latest book is EARTHRISE STORIES, published by the inimitable Dibyajyoti Sarma of Red River Story.

Catch her reflect, muse and wonder in this brilliant episode of Red River Sessions,.

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