“Our idea was to provide a platform for aspiring poets who can go on to say that they have been published alongside so and so. Often first-time writers are told that they need to experience life and write more. Putting the works side-by-side was to give young talent an edge. For instance, an 18-year-old’s works went alongside Gulzar’s, she (Fouqia) points out. - The New Indian Express” PoetryPassionCoverageAnthologyHardworkContestThenewindianexpress Book:Aatish 2 Source: Aatish 2
“I believe the poem and the poet are one. All of us are a part of this universe, and there is a universe within us. So as individuals, we are poetic universes swinging in a rhythm, carving our paths like musical notes...” PoetAuthorAnthologyEditorGulzarCompilerAatish2 Book:Aatish 2 Source: Aatish 2
“We organized ‘The Great Indian Poetry Contest’, an international poetry competition. It was judged by an eminent panel consisting of Kalki Koechlin and Kausar Munir. It was an extensive process which started in May 2018 and took several months to conclude. It included multiple rounds of screening, reading and re-reading the poems on various levels, discussing and arguing our choices of winners, reasoning out each selection with the jury, and finally declaring the results in November 2018.” AnthologyKalkiKausarmunirThegreatindianpoetrycontest Book:Aatish 2 Source: Aatish 2