Sindhu Rajasekaran
@sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social
Literary Nomad ~ Curatrix at The Subjective Space ~ PhD in Creative Writing ~ Author & Academic
Books: Forbidden Desire (Simon & Schuster 2025); Smashing the Patriarchy (Aleph Book Company 2021); So I Let It Be (Pegasus 2019)
Books: Forbidden Desire (Simon & Schuster 2025); Smashing the Patriarchy (Aleph Book Company 2021); So I Let It Be (Pegasus 2019)
back in Chennai - rapid fire book tour done - now to spend a week with family - and to read what Tamil nerds are reading - and trying to understand what's going on in the (un)real world ~ engineer mode on.
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
back in Chennai - rapid fire book tour done - now to spend a week with family - and to read what Tamil nerds are reading - and trying to understand what's going on in the (un)real world ~ engineer mode on.
Thrilled to announce that I'll be writer-in-residence at the University of Manitoba next year.
Note: I'm Toronto-based, but for some reason, the journalist who wrote this thinks I'm still in Glasgow!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Note: I'm Toronto-based, but for some reason, the journalist who wrote this thinks I'm still in Glasgow!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Thrilled to announce that I'll be writer-in-residence at the University of Manitoba next year.
Note: I'm Toronto-based, but for some reason, the journalist who wrote this thinks I'm still in Glasgow!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Note: I'm Toronto-based, but for some reason, the journalist who wrote this thinks I'm still in Glasgow!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
India book tour update - the Kochi bit is done, now off to Bangalore!
Met & befriended tons of cool authors - who you will soon meet on The Subjective Space 💬
Met & befriended tons of cool authors - who you will soon meet on The Subjective Space 💬
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
India book tour update - the Kochi bit is done, now off to Bangalore!
Met & befriended tons of cool authors - who you will soon meet on The Subjective Space 💬
Met & befriended tons of cool authors - who you will soon meet on The Subjective Space 💬
In other news: hardcopies of Forbidden Desire will be available in the UK from April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In other news: hardcopies of Forbidden Desire will be available in the UK from April 2026.
Back to conducting creative writing workshops, and wow, I really do love helping other writers refine their craft. Didn't realise how much I missed it till I got back to doing it!
<<image: from my CW workshop>>
<<image: from my CW workshop>>
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Back to conducting creative writing workshops, and wow, I really do love helping other writers refine their craft. Didn't realise how much I missed it till I got back to doing it!
<<image: from my CW workshop>>
<<image: from my CW workshop>>
Look forward to this. Conducting a creative writing masterclass for The Bombay Review this weekend. Share with anyone who may be interested.
Register here: www.instagram.com/thebombayrev...
Register here: www.instagram.com/thebombayrev...
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Look forward to this. Conducting a creative writing masterclass for The Bombay Review this weekend. Share with anyone who may be interested.
Register here: www.instagram.com/thebombayrev...
Register here: www.instagram.com/thebombayrev...
~ reading material
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
~ reading material
Always nice to see Forbidden Desire on platforms that are NOT Amazon.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Always nice to see Forbidden Desire on platforms that are NOT Amazon.
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More here: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/forbid...
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More here: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/forbid...
My latest book, Forbidden Desire - How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures, aims to undo the deleterious effects of British colonialism on India's rich queer past.
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My latest book, Forbidden Desire - How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures, aims to undo the deleterious effects of British colonialism on India's rich queer past.
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
More here: www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Forbid...
Reader reviews - the best kind of reviews.
So glad Forbidden Desire (How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures) is finding its way home.
So glad Forbidden Desire (How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures) is finding its way home.
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reader reviews - the best kind of reviews.
So glad Forbidden Desire (How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures) is finding its way home.
So glad Forbidden Desire (How the British Stole India's Queer Pasts & Queer Futures) is finding its way home.
Had a very interesting conversation with @jaramachtsachen.bsky.social about politics in Germany, resistance movements, Palestine, poetry, and the concept of Staatsräson on @thesubjectivespace.bsky.social.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2PUA...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2PUA...
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Had a very interesting conversation with @jaramachtsachen.bsky.social about politics in Germany, resistance movements, Palestine, poetry, and the concept of Staatsräson on @thesubjectivespace.bsky.social.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2PUA...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2PUA...
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
dyke /dīk/ dôrk
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
dyke /dīk/ dôrk
Blast from the past — me & my friends in Edinburgh — circa 2010.
October 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Blast from the past — me & my friends in Edinburgh — circa 2010.
October 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
<<in other news: I’m writing poetry again>>
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
<<in other news: I’m writing poetry again>>
Had a brilliant conversation w/ Author Parvati Sharma on @thesubjectivespace.bsky.social podcast — take a listen.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1rDx...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1rDx...
October 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Had a brilliant conversation w/ Author Parvati Sharma on @thesubjectivespace.bsky.social podcast — take a listen.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1rDx...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1rDx...
September 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Good to see Forbidden Desire on here!
Out September 16 w/ Simon & Schuster.
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Out September 16 w/ Simon & Schuster.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good to see Forbidden Desire on here!
Out September 16 w/ Simon & Schuster.
amp.scroll.in/article/1085...
Out September 16 w/ Simon & Schuster.
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(re)reading
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
(re)reading