Poetry
Pirene's Fountain publishes Sweta's poem, "Was it a myth?" based on her experience when she was stranded in Ireland due to volcanic ash."
Red Fez publishes Sweta's poem, "Cynically Yours: A New Yorker."
Danse Macabre publishes two of Sweta's poems; "Killing, but not just a girl child," and "When lights go out in the country."
The News Verse News publishes Sweta's poem: "LIBYAN MEMORY; LIBYAN NIGHTMARE"
UK-based Symmetry Pebbles published Sweta's satirical poem, "Nine Ways to Excel in Subway Rudeness."
The New Verse News publishes "Egypt March. a Haiku inspired by the 02-04-2011 Egypt march in NYC"
The 26th issue of Breadcrumb Scabs poetry magazine publishes Sweta's poem "Unfulfilled Desires."
Danse Macabre, an online literary magazine, published "A Sea of Curse." This poem is part of a new collection Sweta is working on.
Recovering The Self, Volume III Number 1 publishes Sweta's poem, "Crossing Over" based on a true story.
U.K. based Skylark Publications published Sweta's poem, "The riddle of Draupadi," in their first anthology: Word Masala.
Sweta's poem, "Are you living with a hypochondriac?," features in the Oct 2010 issue of Recovering The Self.
Diverse Voices Quarterly publishes two of Sweta's poems: "Enough" and "A note to summer".
Tower Journal publishes Sweta's, humorous with a hint of serious, 101 poems.
Growing Strange, a Denver based online publication, publishes 5 of Sweta's poems written in San Francisco. Read "A Misfit Branch", "Introduction to Myself", "Wearing Weariness", "Astray Is This Thought", and "Realization" on their site.
Nevada's online literary journal publishes Sweta's poem: "Horoscopic Tales."
Taj Mahal Review publishes Sweta's poem: "Without Borders - A Dream." (pdf)
Bird's Eye reView publishes Sweta's poem, titled, "Memorial Day."
Recovering The Self: Vol II., No 3 publishes Sweta's poem, "Cold Turkey."
Muse India publishes two of Sweta's Haikus - part of a special feature called Prakriti (nature).
Danse Macabre, an online literary magazine, publishes Sweta's poem, "Was Vasco Da Gama anyone's friend?"
A new poem, "The Well Dries in May" is published in Poem2Day, a creative review.
Sweta's poems, "A Bittersweet Summer" and "Finding Perspective," written at her residencies in Portugal and Ireland respectively, are published by Poet's Picturebook.
Sweta's poem Writer in Another Town, is published by Asia Writes.
Poem2Day publishes Living in Denial, a poem by Sweta.
Read Sweta's poems about her grandparents, "Perspective" and "Irony," in the 14th issue of Breadcrumb Scabs: a poetry magazine!
Recovering The Self:A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No.1) publishes "Convalescence".
"The Messenger," a haiku by Sweta, appears in Haiku Ramblings.
Sweta’s poem, "Gift of Writing" appears in Rangoli.
"Our Banyan Tree" is published in Recovering The Self:A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. I, No.1).
Wordsworth & Van Gogh fans will enjoy her poem, "A Note to Daffodils" in Island Voices (a Martha's Vineyard publication).
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Troubadour 21 publishes one of Sweta's love poems, "The Smell of First Love."
You can read "Repose" and "Memoirs of Rain" on South Asian Women’s Forum.
Nonfiction
Ever wondered if your parents are going to be accepting of your untraditional choices? Read Sweta's personal essay titled "Mind The Gap" published India Currents or as she calls it her own "Three Idiots" story.
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India Currents published Sweta's piece, "Identifying the Footprints." The essay is about finding a touch of Goa in the land of its cultural origins.
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Recovering The Self: Vol II., No 3 publishes Sweta's personal essay, "Unplanned Destination," based on her recent experiences in Ireland and the lesson learnt from them.
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Stranded by volcanic ash, Sweta muses on Irish culture in her essay, "Tracing a Common Thread," published by India Currents.
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Sweta’s personal essay, " Volcanic Ash and A Friendship," published by EGO Magazine, recounts the blossoming of a friendship under the watch of volcanic ash cloud.
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With age, do roots call out to you? Does the definition of home become blurry? Read Sweta's essay "Homesick in My Thirties" published by Atlanta-based magazine, Khabar.
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A personal essay titled "Unlearning the Queen's English" was published by India Currents.
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Have you wondered why your body crashes and heals at your parents? How does the mind know it's okay to let go? Read Sweta's essay titled, "Mind the mind" published in Recovering The Self:A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No.II) and find out more!
Must ethnicity and identity be intertwined in art? "An Unchaste Brown," journeys through the differences in identity expressed by the ABCDs (American Born Confused Desis) as against the FOB (Fresh Of the Boat) creative types.
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Sweta’s essays "Finding Solace in a Pear," and "The Untold Tale of Globalization," have appeared in one of the popularly read online South Asian publications, Desijournal. The former essay, a humorous piece, conveys the writer’s challenges with maintaining her weight and accepting her pear-shaped body. It’s interesting how New York (obsessively counting calories and waking up in the morning to ensure no pound sneaked up on her while she was asleep) has changed her perception of "fit," "healthy" and "perfect size" from when she lived in India (indulged in deep fried "vada paos" and sodium-laden, MSG-dipped "Chilli Chicken.") The essay contrasted the writer’s life in India vs. New York and alludes to "right weight" being an unattainable myth.
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"The Untold Tale of Globalization," struck a chord with the readers on a deep, personal level. On a macro level, when people discuss globalization, they refer to materialistic aspects of it: Careers and competitive pricing; what no one mentions is the heartaches and convoluted relationship the fading proximity manifests.
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Fiction
"Inevitable," Sweta's five, featured flash fiction stories are featured in Blink Ink
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Philly Flash Inferno publishes Sweta's flash fiction story, "The Sign," in their first issue
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Blink-Ink publishes Sweta's first micro flash fiction story, "Seed"
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Sweta’s fiction piece, "Unseen Relations" was published in EGO Magazine. Sara Pandit, a New York-based researcher, born of a British mother and Kashmiri father, is shattered to find out her family's dark secret after her father's death. The story delves into the realm of relationships, it's myriad twists showing that what meets the eye isn't always the truth.
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Sweta’s flash fiction piece, "Invitation," with a suprise ending, was published in EGO Magazine.
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