Street of Smiles: Blowing my own Trumpet

Hi there, happiness. I am Hemu, a self-proclaimed poet, artist and architect. For some reason, I see cobblestones in my head right now and in continuity, bright blossom spring flowers... and French toast. Welcome to my world where you can ski in the sky and sleep on the stars. Feel free to mail me at streetofsmiles@gmail.com :) Cheers!

The Outside World

FEATURED AS ONE OF THE TOP POETRY BLOG POSTS ON BAGGOUT

HERE is the link to the page.

TEDxYouth@Chennai, revisited and in the papers
Deccan Chronicle, 10th April 2015

GUEST SPEAKER AT BBC'S LIVE SHOW, BUSINESS MATTERS

March 5th, 2015

Voiced my opinions on the current urban development and architecture in Madras, corruption and other social issues like marriage and dowry problems. The link can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kv7jb

CONDUCTING WORKSHOP AT IIT-M - SPOKEN WORD POETRY

It was great to have had an opportunity to conduct the spoken word poetry workshop at the Indian Institute of Technology in March 2014. Hosted by the Thespian Club and the Writing Club of IIT-Madras.

EXHIBITION : 11-12-13 @ ART HOUZ, CHENNAI
One of the Photogrphers at exhibition at Art Houz on 11-12-13, show titled the same.
It was a brilliant opportunity for an amateur photographer like myself.

SPEAKER AT TEDx YOUTH @ CHENNAI :

Click here for the my talk at the TedxYouth@Chennai event.

Speaker at TEDxYouth@Chennai 2013 conducted at IIT Madras, Central Lecture theatre. It was a great experience. Performed one of my favorite poems-'The Wondrous Slut' and 'Weed with the Dead'. The photos from papers, online newsletters and website :

The article published in 'The Fifth Estate'- IITM's internal newsletter can be found here. The event has been entirely covered and the sessions described.

On the TedxYouth@Chennai Website.Link found here.

From the Times of India paper- 10.11.2013

Won the first place for the Blog post describing the Iconic Symbol of Madras on the British Council India's blog in a contest held as a part of Madras week celebrations.
The article is available here.

Mention in The Hindu's Metro Plus.
Jury's pick for the spoken word poetry competition held by the Prakriti Poetry Foundation.
Link to the poetry performed can be found here. (The Wondrous Slut) and the link to the article
can be found here.

Winner of Week 5 : 70 words flash fiction contest held by Saarang on Facebook.

Article published in the online newspaper 'The Viewspaper'.
Link to the article can be found here.

Editor's pick : Second place in the contest conducted by Yahoo! and Dove on the topic 'What does real beauty mean to you?'
Link to the winning entry can be found here.