Soul Sunday - April 2021

The April Soul Sunday took place in the basement of MR Book Center at Begumpet. Amid book cartons and the masked faces (literally!), it seemed more like a secret meeting of writers. But yes, the whole idea of meeting was to exchange ideas on writing and read and listen to each other’s work. About thirty of us gathered (about ten on Zoom and the rest, braving the virus and the Sunday laziness) and read poetry, Urdu, Hindi and English.

The theme of many of the poems was around the heart. But there were few poets who broke the spell with their charm with poems such as: Coffee. Khulhad ki Chai. It’s so sad. Apart from these poems, there were many that stole the show and we will be posting them, one by one on our blog in the coming weeks.

Back to Soul Sunday. 

As the morning progressed to noon, the group of poets became more comfortable and made the atmosphere congenial and filled with laughter and applause. The poems and the shayari only added to the charm. Our host, Gulam, a doctor and a multifaceted artist, added his wit when we hit a small technical snag. But then the steam resumed with the Zoom call participants displaying equal fervor and enthusiasm.

A few thank yous to the generous host, MR Uncle, who offered the space and also the yummy Maaza, the go-to summer beverage, Vaibhav, my book club friend, and Vamsi, the photographer, Chandana, our generous volunteer and a participating poet, our inhouse editor Surela and our Digital marketing specialist Kunika, who ensured the event went as smooth as it could and yes, we will work on our sound system.

And lastly, but importantly, thank you participants who sat through patiently and attended it, be it online or offline, despite the challenges of a Sunday morning.

 See you at the June-2021 Soul Sunday!