KAVI KATTAS
- Saranya Subramanian
- Jul 9
- 1 min read
“A katta could be a spontaneous and unstructured meeting at a streetside café, a street-corner hangout, or any other unceremonious meeting place...therefore by nature transient”
– Anjali Nerlekar

A Poetry Reading Adda / Katta / Group. Once a month, we carry on the 20th century tradition of gathering in Bombay to discuss poetry, create together, read together, and write together. At Stadium Cafe, Military Cafe, Cafe de la Paix & Cafe Excelsior.
The agenda:
bring poems in any language
share your favourite poets
read out your own poems
talk shit about anything you want
exchange ideas and ideologies
come prepared with goss (this is compulsory)
Come, be a part of these poetry addas!
to join KAVI KATTA, join the whatsapp group (sorry) through this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CssLWDmjuuYGMer49CuD7X
First meeting: 11 am on 12 July 2025
At Stadium Cafe, Churchgate, Mumbai