Pallavi Padma-Uday,[1] is a writer and business historian based in the UK.[2] Her debut poetry collection Orisons in the Dark was published by Writers Workshop in April 2023.[3][4][5][6][7] Quoting from her debut book, a leading SAGE journal noted that Padma-Uday 'remains acutely conscious of the presence of patriarchy and women’s position in it — “I have changed countries, continents apart…the fries and salmons and prawns, all affirm/ how some things may never change,/ like men and their love for food,/ the eagerness of women cooking for them.”'[8] Irish poet and novelist Csilla Toldy, writing about her poetry, wrote that Padma-Uday "transforms life experience into poetry comparably to the great American woman poet, Elizabeth Bishop, with the same unflinching view on life."[9][10]
In 2022, she was featured as one of the artists in 'Breaking Ground Ireland', a landmark project of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature and National University of Ireland Galway.[11][12] Punch Magazine featured her as one of the 40 poets from India in its annual poetry issue in 2022 and 2023.[13] She was one of the seven awardees for the prestigious Cill Rialaig Residency for the year 2023.[14] In November 2023, she was invited to be one of the speakers at Rostrevor Literary festival, where she launched her debut collection 'Orisons in the dark'.[15] In May 2024, her second poetry collection 'Lola in Belfast' was published.[16][17][18] The book was launched at Belfast Book Festival 2024 with eminent Irish author Catherine Dunne (writer).[19] A review of 'Lola in Belfast' by leading news website Scroll noted: 'The poems are often sad, but always poignant. The registers in this collection are so varied that you read it like a novel, not able to put it down. Padma-Uday’s poetic magnetism is not rooted in the selection of metaphors or imagery, but in the voice that takes you in, embraces you and offers a hand,'[20]
- ^ Padma-Uday, Pallavi (October 2022). "Puberty". the honest ulsterman.
- ^ "Pallavi Singh". Muck Rack.
- ^ "Orisons in the Dark". Writers Workshop. April 2023.
- ^ "Book Excerpt: 'Orisons In The Dark' — Confrontation Of Patriarchy And Indomitable Spirit Of Women". ABPLive. 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Orisons In The Dark". BooksPaperScissors. May 2023.
- ^ "Orisons In The Dark". NoAlibis. June 2023.
- ^ "Lola in Belfast". NoAlibis. June 2023.
- ^ "India". Literature, Critique and Empire Today. 2024.
- ^ "Poetry is both a tool to protest and heal for Pallavi Padma-Uday". News9Live. 19 May 2023.
- ^ Padma-Uday's poems take within their sweep themes such as feminism and freedom, modernity and liberalisation without selling any romantised version of the world. Reading her poems is like meeting a woman of today, senior journalist Panini Anand wrote in his review of 'Orisons of the Dark'."नारी चेतना और बोध से प्रेरित सरल कथानकों वाली कवयित्री हैं पल्लवी". TV9 Hindi. 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Breaking Ground Ireland". Cúirt. 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Breaking Ground Ireland (pdf)" (PDF). Cúirt.
- ^ "Pallavi Padma-Uday". the punch magazine.
- ^ "Cill Rialaig Residency Awardees 2023". Irish Writers Centre. August 2023.
- ^ "Paul Muldoon headlines Rostrevor Literary Festival 2023". Newry.ie. 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Lola in Belfast". Writers Workshop. May 2024.
- ^ "Dear Adam, this night is for us': Five poems from Pallavi Padma-Uday's new book of poetry". Scroll. 6 December 2024.
- ^ "The joy, and pain, of being small". The Hindu. 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Belfast Book Festival 2024". belfastbookfestival.com. April 2024.
- ^ "'Lola in Belfast': Pallavi Padma-Uday's poems connect her authentic roots with the new world". Scroll. 2025.