Poetry & Pause, Devangana Mishra & Brain Bristle | 25th July | Event | Method Bandra

Devangana Mishra is kicking off a season of poetry, music, pauses, book readings, and book tours with the release of her third book, May I Bombay?—a tender narrative following Savitri Dhavale as she grows up in the bustling lanes of Bombay in the 1980s. 

The hour-long event will guide audiences through eras of women and poetry—tracing a lineage from Anna Laetitia Barbauld in the 17th century to Emily Dickinson, Mary Ruefle, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Ada Limón, Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde, Tishani Doshi, Sarojini Naidu, and many more. 

Poetry, across the hour, will tide, change, charge, linger, lament, and move—interwoven with glimpses into Devangana’s last two books, Desierto Florido (a little book of poetry) and 26, Kamala Nehru Ridge, Civil Lines, Delhi (a poetic-artistic tribute to Zara Mallik, set in pre-Independence India).

Please Note: The registration fee is inclusive of one signed copy of 26, Kamala Nehru Ridge, Delhi by Devangana Mishra

Date: Friday, 25th July 2025

Time: 7:30pm-9pm

Where: Method Bandra

About the Facilitator

Devangana Mishra is a writer and artist who runs Brain Bristle, a Mumbai-based nonprofit that works towards inclusion and autism support within low-income schools. Brain Bristle also builds ground-up research, advocacy, and awareness in the field.

Over the past decade and a half, Devangana has written and created across continents—developing everything from alternative school curricula and scripts to canvases of art, school musicals, poetry, and prose—through her work with various organizations. Her journey spans being a Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University, to roles at Jakarta Intercultural School, Lab Schools in Hong Kong, and Teach For India.