The Cappuccino Adda Poetry Festival: April 12th & 13th 2021

The Cappuccino Adda Poetry Festival April 2021 was a multilingual Poetry Adda over two successive evenings in what was a ‘cruel month’ and which celebrated poetry books that had been published in the recent past. Day 1: 12th April 2021: The festival was inaugurated by Keki Daruwalla and this was followed by conversations with Sarabjit

26th AUGUST 2017, Copper. Raw Umber. Ochre. August

Cappuccino Readings was looking forward to celebrating the glorious rich colours of August with an exciting and eclectic panel comprising the poets, Sampurna Chattarji, Jane Bhandari, Sachin Ketkar, Anand Thakore, Ramneek Singh, Ashwani Kumar and Archna Sahni. Who best then to commence the reading than Jane Bhandari who is also an artist along with being

17th June 2017: …and June Trembles Like a Butterfly

CR Report 17th June ’17: …and June Trembles Like a Butterfly Amidst the sure but soft foreshadows in the darkening sky, the air dense with humidity and the city holding its breath for the rain that was playing a teasing mischievous hide and seek, the black board of Cappuccino Readings at Kitab Khana announced a

10th JUNE 2016: EARTH . RAIN . POETRY

Poetry to invoke the rain…and the first rain came down that night… As ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAM, MUSTANSIR DALVI, ANJALI PUROHIT, DANISH HUSAIN, BARNALI RAY SHUKLA, SMITA SAHAY AND ROHINI GUPTA read last Friday in an evening that was filled with the magic of poetry and camaraderie. Some images from the event and a brief report –

14th MARCH 2016: CAPPUCCINO READINGS FOR KITAB KHANA @ FIVE

CAPPUCCINO READINGS FOR KITAB KHANA @ FIVE: 14th March 2016   Cappuccino Readings was delighted to hold its March reading at the Kitab Khana on the occasion of their fifth anniversary. Kitab Khana is one book store that has always lovingly nurtured literature and poetry by not only hosting some wonderful literature events at the

29th January 2016: Beginning the New Year with John Nobody

It was a sparkling start to 2016 as Cappuccino Readings opened with Anju Makhija, Ranjit Hoskote, Manisha Lakhe, Rochelle D’Silva, Vivek Tandon, Tsippy Levin Byron and Kavita Rayirath kept the audience mesmerised with their verse even as Ranjit read from Dom Moraes’s John Nobody and share some very valuable insights into Dom’s life, influences and

SEPTEMBER 2015: Relocating Horizons-Between the Earth and the Sky

The September edition of Cappuccino Readings will take place at The 100Thousand Poets for Change Festival, Mumbai @ Kitabkhana. It will be an evening of Poetry, Music and Art holding a conversation in an attempt to explore the worlds that lie between the earth and the sky – Poetry: Barnali Ray Shukla, Ravi Shankar (Ra

June 2015: KNEE DEEP IN POETRY – some images

It was a very special magic these poets wove for us Friday evening as we drenched ourselves in poetry @ the Starbucks…and a smashing Cappuccino Reading concluded with everone left spellbound and thirsting for even more…thank you Ranjit Hoskote, Randhir Khare, Anju Makhija, Jane Bhandari, Girija Shastri, Vinita Agarwal and Pervin Saket. We look forward

October 2015: A Report

On Friday, the 17th of October, seven luminous poets came together to make the Cappuccino Reading event truly enchanting and festive. Thank you Gieve, Sampurna, Mani, Nabina, Dion, Rochelle and Anjali for stringing such exquisite poetry with us. The evening kick-started with Rochelle’s magical opening poem ‘Swing’ and the evening swiftly slipped on a totem