Pallavi Singh

{{Short description|UK based Indian writer, journalist and business historian}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

Pallavi Padma-Uday,{{cite web | url=https://humag.co/prose/puberty | website=the honest ulsterman | date=October 2022 | last=Padma-Uday | first=Pallavi | title=Puberty}} is a writer and business historian based in the UK.{{cite web | website=Muck Rack | url=https://muckrack.com/econhistorienne | title=Pallavi Singh}} Her debut poetry collection Orisons in the Dark was published by Writers Workshop in April 2023.{{cite web | website=Writers Workshop | title=Orisons in the Dark | date=April 2023 | url=https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/orisons-in-the-dark/}}{{cite web | website=ABPLive | title=Book Excerpt: ‘Orisons In The Dark’ — Confrontation Of Patriarchy And Indomitable Spirit Of Women | date=24 May 2023 | url=https://news.abplive.com/books/book-excerpt-orisons-in-the-dark-by-pallavi-padma-uday-powerful-exploration-of-patriarchy-and-resilience-of-women-1604253}}{{cite web | website=BooksPaperScissors | title=Orisons In The Dark | date=May 2023 | url=https://bookspaperscissors.co.uk/products/orisons-in-the-dark-pallavi-parma-uday?fbclid=IwAR2cV6akYp9FSj9s0E0dGehzEmAY73B7i-uot8-4nLnyBqLCmSztEZic6as}}{{cite web | website=NoAlibis | title=Orisons In The Dark | date=June 2023 | url=https://noalibis.com/product/orisons-in-the-dark-by-pallavi-padma-uday/}}{{cite web | website=NoAlibis | title=Lola in Belfast| date=June 2023 | url=https://noalibis.com/product/lola-in-belfast-by-pallavi-padma-uday/}} Quoting from her debut book, a leading SAGE journal noted that Padma-Uday 'remains acutely conscious of the presence of patriarchy and women’s position in it — “I have changed countries, continents apart…the fries and salmons and prawns, all affirm/ how some things may never change,/ like men and their love for food,/ the

eagerness of women cooking for them.”'{{cite web | website=Literature, Critique and Empire Today| title=India | date=2024 | url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/30333962241288436}}

Irish poet and novelist Csilla Toldy, writing about her poetry, wrote that Padma-Uday "transforms life experience into poetry comparably to the great American woman poet, Elizabeth Bishop, with the same unflinching view on life."{{cite web | website=News9Live | title=Poetry is both a tool to protest and heal for Pallavi Padma-Uday | date=19 May 2023 | url=https://www.news9live.com/art-culture/books/poetry-is-both-a-tool-to-protest-and-heal-for-pallavi-padma-uday-2147475}}Padma-Uday's poems take within their sweep themes such as feminism and freedom, modernity and liberalisation without selling any romantised version of the world. Reading her poems is like meeting a woman of today, senior journalist Panini Anand wrote in his review of 'Orisons of the Dark'.{{cite web | website=TV9 Hindi | title=नारी चेतना और बोध से प्रेरित सरल कथानकों वाली कवयित्री हैं पल्लवी | date=June 5, 2023 | url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/knowledge/book-review-orisons-in-the-dark-poetess-pallavi-padma-uday-women-consciousness-and-awareness-poems-1903087.html}}

In 2022, she was featured as one of the artists in 'Breaking Ground Ireland', a landmark project of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature and National University of Ireland Galway.{{cite web | website=Cúirt | title=Breaking Ground Ireland | date=6 January 2022 | url=https://www.cuirt.ie/breaking-ground-ireland/}}{{cite web | website=Cúirt | title=Breaking Ground Ireland (pdf) | url=https://www.cuirt.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BREAKING-GROUND-IRELAND-online-2.pdf}} Punch Magazine featured her as one of the 40 poets from India in its annual poetry issue in 2022 and 2023.{{cite magazine | magazine=the punch magazine | title=Pallavi Padma-Uday | url=https://thepunchmagazine.com/author/pallavi-padma-uday}} She was one of the seven awardees for the prestigious Cill Rialaig Residency for the year 2023.{{cite web | website=Irish Writers Centre |

title=Cill Rialaig Residency Awardees 2023| date=August 2023 | url=https://irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-our-cill-rialaig-residencies-awardees-2023/}} In November 2023, she was invited to be one of the speakers at Rostrevor Literary festival, where she launched her debut collection 'Orisons in the dark'.{{cite web | website=Newry.ie | title=Paul Muldoon headlines Rostrevor Literary Festival 2023| date=24 October 2023 | url=https://www.newry.ie/arts-and-entertainment/paul-muldoon-headlines-rostrevor-literary-festival-2023/}} In May 2024, her second poetry collection 'Lola in Belfast' was published.{{cite web | website=Writers Workshop | title=Lola in Belfast| date=May 2024 | url=https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/lola-in-belfast/}}{{cite web | website=Scroll | title=Dear Adam, this night is for us’: Five poems from Pallavi Padma-Uday’s new book of poetry| date=December 6, 2024 | url=https://scroll.in/article/1076354/dear-adam-this-night-is-for-us-five-poems-from-pallavi-padma-udays-new-book-of-poetry}}{{cite web | website=The Hindu| title=The joy, and pain, of being small

| date=November 29, 2024 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/book-publisher-english-literature-india/article68909597.ece}} The book was launched at Belfast Book Festival 2024 with eminent Irish author Catherine Dunne (writer).{{cite web | website=belfastbookfestival.com | title=Belfast Book Festival 2024| date=April 2024 | url=https://belfastbookfestival.com/whats-on/motherhood-love--identity-pallavi-padmauday-and-catherine-dunne}} A review of 'Lola in Belfast' by leading news website Scroll noted: 'The poems are often sad, but always poignant. The registers in this collection are so varied that you read it like a novel, not able to put it down. Padma-Uday’s poetic magnetism is not rooted in the selection of metaphors or imagery, but in the voice that takes you in, embraces you and offers a hand,'{{cite web | website=Scroll| title=‘Lola in Belfast’: Pallavi Padma-Uday’s poems connect her authentic roots with the new world | date=2025 | url=https://scroll.in/article/1078546/lola-in-belfast-pallavi-padma-udays-poems-connects-her-authentic-roots-with-the-new-world}}

Early life and education

She studied for her post-graduate degree in economic history as an LSE-India scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science and trained to be a journalist at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India.{{cite web | website=Cap Arts | title= The Monthly interviews Indian writer Pallavi Padma-Uday | date=June 2024 | url=https://www.capartscentre.com/2024/05/the-monthly-interviews-indian-writer-pallavi-padma-uday-based-in-northern-ireland-part-1-discovering-poetry-and-song-on-a-swing-under-a-guava-tree}}

Work

Pallavi studies the long run evolution of business groups in modern India.{{cite web | website=Queen's University Belfast | title=Pallavi Singh | url=https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/pallavi-singh}}{{cite web | website=money control | title=Pallavi Singh | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/author/pallavi-singh-11311/}}{{cite web | website=Economic History Society | title=Pallavi Singh (Queen's University Belfast) | url=https://ehs.org.uk/person/pallavi-singh/}}{{cite web | website=Business History Conference | title=Pallavi Singh | url=https://thebhc.org/index.php/user/9162}}

She led Content Marketing, Communications and Digital Audience Engagement for two News Corp startups in New Delhi, India. In an earlier stint, she worked as a journalist with leading Indian newspapers such as Hindustan Times, The Indian Express and Mint.{{cite web | website=mint | title=Pallavi Singh | url=https://www.livemint.com/authors/-pallavi-singh}} She wrote a business history column and reported on British politics for news websites and newspapers in India including moneycontrol.

Literature

Her writing has appeared in literary journals including The Honest Ulsterman, Abridged and The Galway Review, Muse India, Madras Courier, and Punch Magazine, besides earning reviews in national news media such as Scroll, ABP News, and TV9.{{cite web | website=Abridged | title=Aarif Amod/Pallavi Padma-Uday | url=https://www.abridged.zone/aarif-amod-pallavi-padma-uday/}}{{cite web | website=Muse India | last=Padma-Uday | first=Pallavi | title=Poetry | url=https://museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=poems&issid=102&menuid=10067}}{{cite web | website=Madras Courier | title=Pallavi Singh | url=https://madrascourier.com/author/pallavisingh/}}{{cite web | website=Usawa Literary Review | title=Three Poems | last=Padma-Uday | first=Pallavi | url=https://www.usawa.in/issue-7/poetry/three-poems-by-pallavi-padma-uday.html}}{{cite web | website=Outlook | title=Poetry 'What My Neighbour Left Behind' by Aditya Tiwari and 'The Kettle' by Pallavi Singh | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/entertainment-news-of-absence-and-loss-verses-by-aditya-tiwari/398606}}{{cite web | url=https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/241df843c8446220251a8873c6cc112246255f45FBP20292489.pdf.html#page/46 | title=Flipbook }}{{cite web | website=The Galway Review | title=Pallavi Padma-Uday – Three Poems | url=https://thegalwayreview.com/2025/03/02/pallavi-padma-uday-three-poems/}} Several Irish anthologies have carried her poems.{{cite web | url=https://www.capartscentre.com/2022/04/the-poetry-in-motion-community-2021-22-anthology-threshold-is-here/ | title=The Poetry in Motion Community 2021-22 anthology, Threshold is here! | date=April 2022 }} Padma-Uday's books have been added as part of the National Library of Ireland's collections.{{cite web | website=National Library of Ireland| title=Padma-Uday, Pallavi| date=June 2023 | url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Padma-Uday%2C+Pallavi%2C+author/}} Her writing has been supported by leading arts and culture organisations in the UK and Ireland. In 2022, she was chosen for the prestigious mentoring programme with the Doire Press in Ireland to work with celebrated poet Nandi Jola.{{cite web | url=https://www.doirepress.com/writers/nandi-jola | title=Nandi Jola }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/doire.press/photos/a.567520413348031/4442680402498660/|title=Doire Press - We're delighted to announce our NI Emerging Poet Mentorship Scheme, featuring Stephanie Conn and Nandi Jola!! | Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=15 April 2023}} Among other honours, she earned a professional membership of the Irish Writers Centre in 2024,{{cite web | website=Irish Writers Centre | title=NI Support Scheme Awardees 2023-2024 | date=January 2023 | url=https://irishwriterscentre.ie/ni-support-scheme-awardees-2023-2024/}} and read from her work for the Northern Soul Roadshow in February 2024 with a host of accomplished writers such as Dawn Watson, Bernie McGill and Maria Fusco, with the event culminating in a session with booker winning author Anna Burns.{{cite web | website=Irish Writers Centre | title=Northern Soul Roadshow 2024 | date=December 2023 | url=https://irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunities/northern-soul-roadshow-2024/}}

Bibliography

  • May 2024: [https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/lola-in-belfast/], Writers Workshop. {{ISBN|978-81-968192-1-7}}
  • April 2023: [https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/orisons-in-the-dark/ Orisons in the Dark], Writers Workshop. {{ISBN|978-81-961291-1-8}})

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