Follow these Indian authors, poets for your daily dose of prose and poetry

Karuna Ezra Parikh

Words mould stories, give rhythm to poetry, can bring the most distorted of ideas to an accord, and influence generations. But it's a long wait between books and anthologies of our favourite authors. Luckily, their social media accounts carry their thoughts and words. Here are a few you can follow.

Travel with Karuna

Sitting in Kolkata, Karuna Ezra Parikh combines poetry with storytelling covering themes such as family, friendship, migration, and xenophobia. The author of two books, she has also dabbled in screenwriting. In one of her verses, she writes about the writer's privilege, "Some poems come easy, some take so much work. I remember writing this one and feeling a release, some sense of triumph."
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@karunaezara, Instagram

At a loss for words

Want to know about the poet who wrote and published 66 poems, but found that none of them had the exact words she was looking for? Meet Harnidh Kaur. Her verses explore themes such as forgetfulness, the inability to express as desired and fierce feminism.
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@harnidhk, Instagram

Writer plugs writer

Los Angeles-based poet and song-writer Pavana Reddy discusses difficult topics such as the dynamics of the Indian diaspora and colourism across cultures. You may know her from her self-published works Rangoli and Where Do You Go Alone. A dive into her social media will introduce you to excerpts from her works and things she draws inspiration from, and book or author recommendations.
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@mazadohta, Instagram

Words and lines

Author of seven volumes of poetry, with These Are the Words being her latest, Nikita Gill mixes fiction with realism and blurs the lines between concrete ideas such as heroism and vilification. She also explores themes around love and heartbreak: "You've turned your heart into a museum of people you've loved to keep them alive inside you." Based in South England, her works combine words with hand-drawn illustrations. She is also a playwright and a TEDx motivational speaker.
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@nikita_gill, Instagram

Healing touch

Anesthesiologist and author Akif Kichloo's work revolves around self-loathing, solitude, growth, self-care, and healing. Written in the form of free verse, prose, and visual poetry, his social media explores different dimensions of his life.
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@akifkichloo, Instagram