Constellating Chaos

Rochelle Potkar will talk about her new book, Bombay Hangovers – a collection of 16 short stories around caste, class, and religion of characters in Mumbai. Rochelle’s foray into prose is an exploration of the constellations of chaos, from which she draws culminations of clarity. The narrative bridges of Bombay’s addas, gulleys, and nukkads sharpen under her tender poetic gaze, as she fleshes out motivations and life arcs of her characters. This conversational foray will also cover her exemplary work as a poet, her ventures into screenwriting and the questions that drive her art. This, amid a volley of experiential exchange between Rochelle and Yumna on the wonders of the narratorial and curatorial powers of art.

This session is part of a series of talks with ArtMantram Trust, Art ki Manzil, that spotlight artists, dancers, writers and their ilk, who are blazing paths of creative ferocity.