Jhilam Chattaraj is currently working as an Assistant Professor at R.B.V.R.R Women’s College, Department of English, Hyderabad. Her academic and creative writings have been published in journals like Muse India, Indian Book Chronicle, Langlit, Eastlit, Indialogue Foundation, Women’s Web, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal,andToasted Cheese Literary Journal. Her poems were exhibitedatElixir of Voices, Aillama Art Gallery, Hyderabad. She is the editor of the literary blogQuills: The World of Words.
Usha Akella’s poetry is known for an undertone of spirituality within a contemporary voice. Here she discusses the impact of travel on her work, poetry as a verb, and the distance betwee…