In Other Words – A new segment on The WIP Show(Writing in Progress)

Behind every great book that crosses languages, there’s atranslator crafting each sentence with care.

In Other Words celebrates these literary bridge-builders.

Each episode, we talk to a translator about their journey,their process, and the kind of work they’re looking for.

About Varsha Tiwary

Varsha is a writer and translator based in Delhi. 1990, Aramganj is her translation of the Hindi novel Rambhakt Rangbaz, published by Westland. She is also a fellow at Himalayan Writing Retreat 2025 fellowship for emerging writers.

In this episode, we spoke to author and screenwriter Rochelle Potkar about her latest book, The D'Costa Family.About Rochelle PotkarFictionist | Poet | ScreenwriterRochelle Potkar is an alumna of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2015) and a Charles Wallace Writer’s fellow, University of Stirling (2017). She is the author of Four Degrees of Separation (poetry) and Paper Asylum (haibun) – shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020, Bombay Hangovers (short fiction), and her latest poetry collection Coins in Rivers.Her poetry film Skirt showcased on Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland. Her poems To Daraza won the 2018 Norton Girault Literary Prize UK, and The girl from Lal Bazaar was shortlisted at the Gregory O’ Donoghue International Poetry Prize, 2018. Widely-anthologized, she has read her poetry in India, Bali, Iowa, Macao, Stirling, Glasgow, Hongkong, Ukraine, Hungary, Bangladesh, Dubai, and the Gold Coast, Australia. Her writings have been translated into Arabic, Hungarian, French, Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, and German. She also co-authored The Coordinates of Us/ सर्व अंशांतून आपण – a bilingual cross-translation of English/Marathi poetry. As a poetry book critic, her reviews have appeared in Wasafiri, Sahitya Akademi’s Indian Literature, Asian Cha, and Chandrabhaga.Her first screenplay ‘A Brown coat’ was a quarter-finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2020. She is an industry expert on syllabi boards (English Lit.) of two top Mumbai universities. She was invited for four consecutive years as a creative-writing mentor to Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Programs, Summer Institute 2019 and Between the Lines 2022, 2023, 2024. She conducts regular online poetry workshops at the Himalayan Writing Retreat. https://rochellepotkar.com.Her handles on Instagram and Twitter: @rochellepotkar.About the Book:The Goan-Indian D'Costa family descends into glorious chaos after patriarch Don Theodore's death. His widow Rita, who never loved him, launches a campaign to install their gravedigger son Jason as the new Don, bribing tenants, and manipulating family members. Meanwhile, her pregnant daughter-in-law Annette juggles a secret lover, stolen jewelry, and an accidental shooting, while Inspector Gaitonde - allergic to family drama - stumbles upon the D'Costas' most absurd secret beneath Jason's manicured graveyard. As real estate schemes collapse, guns are mishandled, and a Catholic-Hindu wedding spirals into hullabaloo, Rita recognizes the madness of the patriarchal power game she had been playing, finding unexpected solidarity with the tenants she once chose to exploit. The D'Costa Family is a wild ride packed with over-the-top characters and crazy twists that come fast and unexpected - sometimes emotional, sometimes macabre, but always gripping.Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/45JCFLp-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHO ARE WE?A literary consultancy based in Mumbai, we work with authors and publishers to polish, publish, and promote their books.Know more about us on our website: https://keemiyacreatives.com/ORWrite to us at contact@keemiyacreatives.com

In this episode, we spoke to author Krishna Kumar where he discussed his debut novel The Ferryman, the inspiration behind it, and his writing journey.Author BioKrishnakumar is a Software Engineer based in the beautiful city of Pondicherry, India. An avid reader since childhood, he owns a personal collection of nearly a thousand books. Interested in writing fiction, he has done some stints penning down short stories for competitions in both Tamil and English. Pursuing his love for horror fiction, taking inspiration from the writings of Stephen King and Joe Hill, The Ferryman is his first full-fledged novel. About The FerrymanAdithya is bitter when he is forced to accept the delivery of an antique bed on behalf of his neighbor. The large and majestic bed occupies his whole bedroom. Every time he sleeps on it, he has nightmares. He dreams about killing different people with whom he had disputes. And at the end of it all, he wakes up devastated, completely drained. When he soon learns that the people whom he had killed in his dreams have also died in real life—passing away naturally in their sleep—he begins to realize the power the bed wields. What follows is a macabre series of events as the monstrosity and deep dark desires of the human mind are unleashed by a power so horrific, that escaping it seems hopeless.Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/4i64aCq---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHO ARE WE?A literary consultancy based in Mumbai, we work with authors and publishers to polish, publish, and promote their books.Know more about us on our website: https://keemiyacreatives.com/ORWrite to us at contact@keemiyacreatives.com

In the latest episode of The WIP Show we spoke to author, blogger, and book reviewer Harshita Nanda. She talked about her latest book Love Awaits: A Tale of Broken Promises, her writing journey, and things that inspire her stories. About Harshita NandaHarshita Nanda is an author, blogger and book reviewer based in Dubai, UAE. An engineer by qualification she changed tracks to become a full-time writer. Her stories have a strong emotional quotient with a streak of feminism. Avoiding unnecessary drama, she focuses on the universal appeal of human emotions.She published her first book, Xanadu: Three Souls Searching For Paradise, in 2021, followed by BITS and Pieces: A Collage of My BITSian Memories, in 2022 and Potpourri of Drabble: A Collection of 100 micro-tales in 2023. Love Awaits: A Tale of Unbroken Promises is her fourth book.One of the shortlisted candidates for the Rama Mehta Writing Grant, 2023, her short stories have found a home in many anthologies such as The Blogchatter Book Of Thrillers, The Blogchatter Book of Love, and Lightning Strikes, An Anthology of Flash Fiction by Indian Writers. Her words have appeared on websites like Kitaab, Porch Lit Mag and Roi Faineant Literary Press.She can be reached on X at @ashnhash and on Instagram at @author_harshita.Book Blurb for Love Awaits: A Tale Of Unbroken Promises. Mira is on a carefree holiday to a hill town when she stumbles upon Sunshine Coffeehouse, where she meets Raghunath Sharma. Everyday morning, Raghunath, an ex-professor, waits for someone in the coffeehouse. Intrigued, Mira wonders who Raghunath is waiting for and why. The revelation that Raghunath has waited for years fuels her curiosity.The only person who can tell Mira Raghunath’s story is Manan. But will he reveal the story of the one person he loves most to a stranger?Moreover, will Mira be able to ignore the attraction she feels for Manan and what her heart desires?In a world filled with violence and negativity, Love Awaits, A Tale of Unbroken Promises reminds us of simpler times, evoking emotions through its heartfelt narrative. Buy her book: https://amzn.to/41anS8J-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHO ARE WE?A literary consultancy based in Mumbai, we work with authors and publishers to polish, publish, and promote their books.Know more about us on our website: https://keemiyacreatives.com/ORWrite to us at contact@keemiyacreatives.com