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Our event at the House of Lords packed with readings, projects, awards and book launches was a great success.
From left:Bobby Nayyar, Usha Akella, Divya Mathur, Zata Banks, Baroness Prashar, Lord Parekh, Yogesh Patel (introducing Word Masala Foundation), Debjani Chatterjee, Priya Patel, Daljit Nagra, Shanta Acharya, Reginal Massey, Usha Kishore and Emma Wright
Poets who also attended and can’t be seen in this limited long shot are
The late Meena Alexander, Kavita A Jindal and Sid Bose
Publishers who also attended and can’t be seen in this limited long shot are
Jane Commane, Jamie and Laura McGarry, Dr Todd Swift, Angela Jarman, C B Patel
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Confluence l Indo American News l The Hindu l Muse India l Asian Voice
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Yogesh Patel’s Swimming with Whales
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Mona Dash’s A Certain Way
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Skylark was launched in 1969 in India as a quarterly on the contemporary literature in translation by the late Baldev Mirza and Yogesh Patel as its editors. After 100 printed issues and a few books, it completed its journey. Reinvented, its independent journey began in England as the publishers with plans to help diasporic writing and expat literature.
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Reception at the Palace
Yogesh Patel with The Queen representing poetry and the Word Masala Foundation. The breadth of our work across is now internationally sought and enjoyed by many poets. The invitation at the Buckingham Palace was for the launch of UK-
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Reshma Ruia
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Pramila Venkateswaran
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Reshma Ruia wins the Word Masala Debut Poet 2019 Award
For collection A Dinner Party in the Home Counties
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Reshma Ruia is the author of two novels, Something Black in the Lentil Soup and A Mouthful of Silence, shortlisted for the SI Leeds Literary prize. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in British and international publications and commissioned for radio. She is the co-
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