Shikha Malviya is the featured poet for this event.

Bauchhaar invites your poems and flash fiction in English and/or Hindi on the theme of "Migration". Please email your work to bauchhaar@gmail.com by April 10th.

Hosted by Anshu Johri!

Selected works on the themed submission will be read, followed by an open mic.

At Kathmandu Cuisine

138 S Main St, Milpitas, 95035

Shikha Malaviya (shikhamalaviya.com) is a poet, writer, and publisher. Her latest book, Anandibai Joshee: A Life in Poems (HarperCollins India, 2023), reimagines the groundbreaking journey of India's first female physician. Her earlier collection, "Geography of Tongues", explores themes of immigrant identity and belonging. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Shikha's poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner, PLUME, Catamaran, and other distinguished journals. She was chosen as Poet Laureate of San Ramon, California (2016) and has been featured as a TEDx speaker. As co-founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, Mosaic America fellow, and SF Writers Grotto member, Shikha is dedicated to amplifying diverse voices in literature. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Please send your own work. Please do not send work that glorifies or justifies violence. We are excited to receive your work and your presence as an audience. Please send your work to bauchaar@gmail.com