AUTHOR BIO
Ashima Syal, is an Author by Profession. She published two books of Poetry titled “Canopy” and “The Fragrant Fable”. She has been a co-author for several anthologies such as Seashore, Snowdust.
Ashima’s poem on “Himalayan Abode” was featured in the Himalayan Abode in 2020. Ashima also presented her Poetry at the Mumbai Literary Festival 2025.
Ashima’s interview on “The Journey of a Poet and the Career Prospects of Poetry” was featured in the Global Times. Ashima received the prestigious Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award by DRDC for her literary merit. Currently Ashima conducts Creative Writing and Public Speaking Workshops for college students in Mumbai.
Ashima’s poetry has been published in prominent journals such as Setu and the Holistic Pine. Ashima lives literature through the realm of Writing. She not only writes Poetry, but conducts Poetry and Creative Writing Workshops for aspiring writers.
Currently, she has expanded her literary horizon, as she pursues her PHD in English Literature, with Specialization in Performance Poetry. Being a writer and a Spoken Word Artist, she traces the intricate journey of written poetry, and how it transforms from the pages of a book to the stage.
Recently, Ashima has been nominated for the Global Digi Awards for Women 2025, where she has been recognized for her efforts to generate empowerment through literature.
Ashima won the Beacon of Hope Award for writing poetry to spread mental health awareness. Ashima also won the Bharat Literature Award 2025 for her literary contributions.
Currently Ashima is an Assistant Professor at KES Shroff College Mumbai, teaching Communication Skills in the department of IT and DS.
Poetry is Healing
Poetry is an expressive art that heals the soul.
No matter how anxious you are, just pick up the pen, start penning down a poem, while you pen down your poem, you also pen down all your worries and release them. Poetry helps you break the repetitive patterns you have been trying to untangle from your life.
Even though we are living in a day and age of war, we cannot deny the fact that the world has evolved, art has evolved, the horizon of expression has reached all corners of life.
Poetry which once used to be limited to the pages, now can be performed in front of an audience. It has found its place on stage, and when an audience witnesses poetry live on stage, every member in the audience connects with the emotions of the poet.
Women across the globe have found power by sharing their poetry across the stage. They have been able to heal their wounds. From mere survivors they have begun to live through nurturing their poetic narrative on stage.
