Lyrical Muse

Meena De Silva

Aspiring writer and poet Melanie Lobo pens our first guest essay for World Mental Health Month around the theme “Living With It.” Lyrical Muse is excited to announce our next workshop, Keeping Up With Monologues, led by poet,author and theatre artist S. Sree Navya. With NaNoWriMo coming in November and more writing challenges coming your way courtesy of Lyrical Muse, we take a look back at the first ever writing club we held back in April for NaPoWriMo. We are proud to present ‘A Symphony of Warm Feelings,’ a poetry collection written but Arundathy Bharadwaj. To mark World Mental Health Day, we asked our readers to give us a glimpse of their safe space. Swipe to read their submissions! This World Mental Health Day, experience a unique day of wellness at the Heal Your Life Super Fest, a free fest happening at Chennai’s Rathna Center for Conscious Living (RCCL). Pennywise, H2O, Circle Jerks and Murphy’s Law brought decades of punk history, high-energy performances and heartfelt tributes to New Haven’s Toad’s Place October 8 is International Lesbian Day, celebrated annually to honour lesbian history, culture, diversity, and community. Legendary actor Nana Patekar has passed away, following a cardiac arrest at the age of 75.