Food & Free Verse A Celebration of Food Through Poetry Featuring Vasvi Kejriwal and Saranya Subramanian Recorded Thursday, September 18, 2025 Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2025 EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org

We’re Live! Step into the lyrical world of Saranya Subramanian - writer, poet, and founder of the Bombay Poetry Crawl. From rhyming at age two to reviving the voices of forgotten poets, Saranya’s journey is a blend of passion, purpose, and persistence. If you’ve ever wondered how poetry can shape cities, bridge generations, or feed the soul—this episode is for you. 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Who is Saranya? 02:43 Artistic family? 03:54 Family support 04:46 Art as a career 06:41 Eureka moments 07:40 Is English an Indian language? 09:27 What is a poetry crawl? 13:15 Origins of Bombay Poetry Crawl 15:43 Purpose behind poetry crawl 16:58 Poetry archives 20:02 Going after your dreams 22:28 Second thoughts 24:28 Can you make money through poetry? 25:56 Time for writing 27:02 Bombay Poetry Crawl 30:35 India and its connections 33:17 What inspires Saranya? 34:50 Why poetry over short story? 35:40 Favourite poetry 40:27 Job vs passion 41:44 Generation gap in the workplace 45:13 Book deal 46:45 Poetry perspective 48:54 Takeaways 51:25 Future plans 52:41 Conclusion If you enjoyed the conversation, don’t forget to Comment, Like and Share the video and subscribe to channel @genzen_bychrysalis for more. And if you have a story to share or know someone who does, we'd love to hear from you. Until next time, take care and keep it Zen! #BridgingTheGap #SaranyaSubramanian #GenZen #Episode10 #PoetryInMotion #CreativeJourney #BombayPoets #YoungVoices #YouTubeShorts #UrbanPoetry #CulturalRevival

Eunice De Souza was one of the sharpest, most lyrical and evocative poets who wrote from Bombay, a city known for housing literary icons. Watch Melanie Silgardo, Paromita Vohra and I talk about her poetry & poetics, the very specific time and place in which she wrote, and the relationship between the poet and the city. Follow @thebombaypoetrycrawl on Instagram for more updates on conversations!

Saranya Subramanian hosted a conversation on Nissim Ezekiel, one of India's most important poets and a key international literary icon, between Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca and Menka Shivdasani. Watch the event here, in case you missed it!

In case you missed the Instagram Live on 15 August 2020, catch Akshay Shimpi and Saranya Subramanian reading out some of Arun Kolatkar's poems in both Marathi and English. The Bombay Poetry Crawl is a walkthrough+reading of Arun Kolatkar's Kala Ghoda Poems, bringing the Bombay poet's city to life. Founded by Saranya Subramanian Follow The Kolatkar Crawl on Instagram: @thebombaypoetrycrawl Akshay Shimpi: @akshayshimpi21

The Bombay Poetry Crawl presents an online discussion along with Arundhathi Subramaniam and Laetitia Zecchini, titled 'Reading Kolatkar Under Lockdown'. The discussion, held on 6 June 2020, explored each panelist’s entry-points into Arun Kolatkar’s poetry and writing. Watch the video to witness an engaging conversation between a poet, an academic, and a researcher, on the various ways in which Arun Kolatkar is read. The Bombay Poetry Crawl is an initiative founded and run by Saranya Subramanian. Instagram: @thebombaypoetrycrawl