finalist in Rabindranath Tagore Prize 2023

finalist in Rabindranath Tagore Prize 2023

‘chronicles of entering my body’ has been shortlisted in the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize. This prize is a literary honor in India conferred annually to published works of Indian authors (residing in India or abroad) in novel, short stories, poetry and drama....
my language was my mother

my language was my mother

The poem ‘my language was my mother’ from Rupam’s forthcoming collection ‘decolonising the broken heart’ was published in Wasafiri (Issue 123, Autumn 2025). Here Rupam Baoni mourns her mother tongue (‘there’s parts taken away/one-by-one-by-one from her, from//me too...
unripe fruit at the window – COMING SOON!

unripe fruit at the window – COMING SOON!

‘unripe fruit at the window’ is a full-length book of poems and artworks (a Red River Publication) by Rupam Baoni. praise for ‘unripe fruit at the window’ Language, in Baoni’s deft hands, turns to liquid – blood, tears, rivers – and flows...