Curators

Salil Chaturvedi is a writer, poet and disability campaigner based in Chorão, Goa. His fiction and poems have appeared in various literary magazines and journals including Indian Quarterly, Himal South Asian, Out of Print, Wasafiri, Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi) Joao Roque Literary journal, etc. His published collections include In the Sanctuary of a Poem, Love and Longing in the Anthropocene, a little knowing and Ya Ra La Va Sha Sa Ha (in Hindi). His short story collection is titled The Inexact Room.
  
Salil has acted in, and written for the popular children’s serial Galli Galli Sim Sim, playing the role of Jugadoo, a disabled car-garage owner, bringing disability into children’s hearts and minds. His writings for children can be accessed at Storyweaver, the online platform of Pratham Books. He has also represented India for wheelchair tennis and has sailed a boat from Mumbai to Goa with a team to draw attention to accessibility issues. His collaborative works with artist Rajeshree Thakker have appeared at the Serendipity Arts Festival and the Goa Open Arts Festival. His photographic work titled Places My Chair Likes To Go was exhibited at the Serendipity Arts Festival, 2022 and the Hyderabad Literary Festival.