Golchakkar: Dispatches from Latin America
Golchakkar Series - The July panel of our virtual literary talk features Shelly Bhoil and Abhay K.: Dispatches from Latin America. Hosted by Kiran Bhat.
The Chakkar welcomes you to our reading series, GOLCHAKKAR. Every month, we will host an online panel discussion of Indian artists in conversation with the world.
Dispatches from Latin America: Shelly Bhoil and Abhay K.
This month on Golchakkar, we were joined by authors Shelly Bhoil and Abhay K. to discuss how their Indian heritage influences their experience of writing out of Latin America, translating to a wholly unique literary experience. The session was hosted as ever by world traveler, polyglot, and author Kiran Bhat.
Participants
SHELLY BHOIL is an Indian poet and Tibetologist living in Brasil. Her forthcoming works include a poetry book Preposição de entendimento (Urutau, Brasil) and a collection of Tibetan poems in Brazilian portuguese translation (University of São Paulo).
ABHAY K. is the author of a memoir and nine poetry collections including The Magic of Madagascar, The Alphabets of Latin America, The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu and The Seduction of Delhi. He is the editor of CAPITALS, New Brazilian Poems, Great Indian Poems, and The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems. His poems have been published in over 100 literary journals across the world. He received the SAARC Literary Award in 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. in 2018. His poem-song “Earth Anthem” has been translated into over 120 global languages and is performed across the globe.
KIRAN BHAT is an Indian-American novelist, short-story writer, and educator. He is the author of We of the Forsaken World, Afora Adentro, Autobiografia, Kiran Speaks, Tirugaatha, and more. An avid world traveler, polyglot, and digital nomad, he has currently travelled to over 130 countries, lived in 18 different places, and speaks 12 languages. He currently lives in Melbourne.
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