Tag Archives: Adishakti

The Loser’s Club Is A Real Place And We Didn’t Even Get There

Posted on September 29, 2012 by W N Herbert

Delighted to post this image retrieved from Istanbul by Nia Davies, which seems a fitting way of recording the almost complete moribundity into which we, the Collected Losers, Losels and Loseurs of Adishakti, have fallen. Though, to be fair, it … Continue reading →

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Losers Reunited

Posted on June 20, 2011 by W N Herbert

Soon several if not all of the writers who gathered at Adishakti’s famous Losers’ Table to fling fruit at each other and draw menacing tattoos on their arms in biro will be reunited at a couple of readings. First up … Continue reading →

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Englishes and Scotses

Posted on March 6, 2011 by W N Herbert

When I got my invitation to the translation workshop at Adishakti, an old desire surfaced in my brain. Last time I’d been in Kolkata, I’d met the poet Joy Goswami while being interviewed for Bangla magazine. At that time, I … Continue reading →

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From Sampurna: I

Posted on December 31, 2010 by sampurnachattarji

I have been thinking about the word ‘Adishakti’. ‘Adi’ – the first, the primary, the original. ‘Shakti’ – a power, an energy, a manifestation (Durga). Thinking also how strange it was that the entire week I spent on the premises … Continue reading →

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