Savita Krishnamoorthy
TSAFF 2023 becomes first and only South Asian film festival to qualify for the...
‘Breaking Cinematic Barriers’ is the theme for Seattle’s 18th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF), which opens on October 12th across multiple venues in the city.
The festival consists of 83 curated films, reflecting...
Q&A: Aparna Nancherla, author of “Unreliable Narrator”
LA-based comedian Aparna Nancherla will be in Seattle on September 27 for the book tour of Unreliable Narrator. She chose to do standup instead of a traditional book tour and “sort of throw books...
Q&A: Poet Justine Chan weaves together folktales, eco-grief
Justine Chan’s newly released poetry book, Should You Lose All Reason(s) braids Indigenous folk tales, music, family, the shifting nuances of home(s), and an urgent concern for our planet. I met Justine, fittingly, in...
She Sang for India is a tribute to legendary Indian classical singer
Suma Subramaniam’s, She Sang for India. How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change is a tribute to the legendary Indian classical singer, M.S. Subbulakshmi, and the impact of how she used her musical...
Discovering voices from the margins: An interview with Seattle’s new Civic Poet Shin Yu...
Award winning poet, visual artist, and storyteller, Shin Yu Pai was recently selected as the 2023-2024 Seattle Civic Poet by The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with the Seattle City of...
Interview with Ragamala Dance Company’s Ranee Ramaswamy ahead of Fires of Varanasi: Dance of...
Bharatanatyam, the 2000 year old classical dance tradition from India, has been a lifelong love and creative practice for Ragamala Dance Company’s founder, Ranee Ramaswamy and her daughter, Aparna (co-artistic director, Ragamala). They, along...
Poet Sati Mookherjee and Savita Krishnamoorthy in conversation
Sati Mookherjee’s debut book of poems, Eye (Ravenna Press) is a lyrical ode to her grandfather’s legacy, voyaging across intersecting orbits of earthly and celestial bodies in a nonlinear continuum of time. Excerpts of...
Dadaji’s Paintbrush is a tender kid’s book of love, loss and renewal of hope
Rashmi Srideshpande’s, Dadaji’s Paintbrush is a tender tale of love, loss, and a renewal of hope. It speaks of familial bonds, of memory, of processing grief, and the journey to grow from it.
The story...
Queer activist Sharan Dhaliwal’s book tells truths about privilege, body image, sexuality, and patriarchy
Sharan Dhaliwal clearly states in the preface of her book, Burning My Roti - Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman that it, “isn’t a self-help book. It won’t tell you how to improve...
The human body is the leitmotif in exhibit ‘Embodied Change: South Asian Art Across...
“My work is about reclaiming the image of Asian women, moving away from the object of the defining gaze, towards a position where I/Asian woman become the subject of display.
~ Chila Kumari Singh Burman
The...
