An evening of poetry performances exploring connections between two British Indian poets along with dance interludes, and a Q&A. Performed at the National Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre in London, UK.

Rupam Baoni and Supriya Kaur-Dhaliwal are writers from India settled in the UK, both examining how their work is influenced by their rural Himalayan upbringing and the ways in which they incorporate as well as break way from Indian influences. Twenty years apart in age, they both delve intothemes of nature, relationships, land and what it means to break the notions of origin. Rupam Baoni is a writer/artistwhose debut collection ‘chronicles of entering my body’ is a set of thirty poems that erupt into our consciousness with seven of her paintings as accompaniments. It deals withphilosophical inquiries into love, death and the vulnerability of flesh—exploring as well as aligning the human body with the natural world. Supriya Kaur-Dhaliwal’s debut collection ‘The Yak Dilemma’ questions the notion of ‘place’ and its effect on our bodies—including the human spirit and memory. Uprooted and unsettled, her striking voice generously outlines ‘home’ beyond a physical place.