“Teach them about consent. Teach your young sons and daughters that their bodies are theirs alone. And that no one in any relation can stake a claim at them,” says Sonal Sharma

I saw Jasmine performing for the first time last year in Mumbai. It was my first time at a spoken word performance and her words had me gripped. Here was a woman who held her own, and how. I almost blushed listening to parts of her piece sitting in my seat there. Jasmine’s poem was […]

SXonomics, the brainchild of Ramya Pandyan (Idea Smith) and Dr Ishmeet Nagpal, came into being because of the spoken word scene. Having watched each other perform for a while and sensing that their politics were aligned, Ishmeet and Ramya knew that they would be good collaborators. Both found an ally in each other and together […]

Slam poetry has been gaining popularity on social media over the last few years. There are a lot of men and women who write their own poems and then go on stage and perform them. This is called slam or spoken word poetry. These performances are then recorded and posted on social media. You may […]

Poet, educator, journalist and author all at a young age. Melizarani T Selva juggles between her career as a journalist and her love for poetry. Her zeal in writing and reciting poems has taken her to platforms like TEDxGateway, ASEAN Poetry Recitation, Cri de Femme International Poetry Festival and many more. She isn’t just a […]