Kavita A. Jindal: Prize-Winning Writer & WOW Educator
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Mona Dash (member of The Whole Kahani), Kavita A. Jindal (Co-Founder of The Whole Kahani) with their Eastern Eye Award for Fiction, presented by Tony Matharu.
(Photo courtesy of Eastern Eye ACTA)
Award-winning writer Kavita A. Jindal, who recently hosted creative writing workshops for WOW Berlin, accepted the 2024 Eastern Eye Award for Fiction for the anthology Tongues and Bellies on behalf of The Whole Kahani -- a writers' collective Kavita co-founded.
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ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY
Tongues and Bellies
These stories play with lies and truth. Chameleon-like characters clutch at worlds that remain just out of reach. An old recipe, a robot, a key – these are clues to the people they once were or hope to be. Appetite and eating are often central in this collection as characters remember childhood meals, a mother’s cooking, meals with lovers and meals that turn out not as expected. Their appetite for food, as for life, is by turns bitter and sweet but never predictable.
ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE
The Whole Kahani
The Whole Kahani (The Complete Story) is a collective of British fiction writers of South Asian origin. The group came together in 2011 to provide a rich, creative perspective that straddles cultures and boundaries, and reflects the contemporary world. They are unique in that they collaborate, workshop and publish collectively. The Whole Kahani includes fiction writers, poets and screenwriters with an array of awards and publications to their names individually. They have published three anthologies: Love Across a Broken Map (2016), May We Borrow Your Country (2019) and Tongues and Bellies (2021).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kavita A. Jindal
Kavita A. Jindal is a prize-winning fiction writer, poet, essayist, and reviewer who has led creative writing workshops covering prose and poetry. She’s the author of the novel Manual For A Decent Life and three poetry books, including the most recent being Patina. She previously served as Senior Editor at Asia Literary Review and co-founded The Whole Kahani Writers’ Collective.
