Location: Bahrain
Member Since:
Sep. 01, 2014
Rohini Sunderam
Biography
An advertising copywriter for ‘what feels like a hundred years’, Rohini calls both Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bahrain home. She has written ad copy for films, radio, and print, in India, Bahrain and Canada. She wrote two books that were commissioned assignments as part of her professional work. Her articles have been published in The Statesman, Calcutta, India; The Globe and Mail, Canada and The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her writing has also appeared in magazines and papers in Bahrain including, the GDN, Daily Tribune, and Sabaya magazine.
She occasionally edits and manages a blog ‘Home The Clock Struck One’ (http://dlip.wordpress.com) for her brother who had a stroke in 2007. Her blog of personal writing and interests can be found here: https://fictionpals.wordpress.com.
She is an active member and until recently, Director of the Bahrain Writers’ Circle. In this role she has successfully planned, organised and launched the following annual events: Colours of Life Poetry Festival (2015 – 2019) and Confluence – where words & images meet an exhibition of art and writing (2018 -2020).
Three of her books and stories were published through Ex-L-Ence an independent publisher in the UK (who has closed down). These are Corpoetry, a collection of light-hearted verse satirising corporate life as seen from the point of view of mid-level office workers; Desert Flower under the name Zohra Saeed is a short romantic story based in 1930's Bahrain and Five Lives One Day in Bahrain is set in Bahrain 2007. She has recently released Twelve Roses For Love a slim collection of short stories celebrating love in many forms. It is available on Amazon.
Her poetry has been featured in online and print publications including Dilliwali (Publisher Busra Alvi Razzak), Quesadilla & Other Adventures (2019), The Society of Classical Poets’ both online and in their print Journals VII & VIII, her rhyming riddle poem placed 7th out of 177 entries in their Rhyming Riddle Contest 2018. A short story was shortlisted in The Atlantis Short Story Contest (2014) later published by Expanded Horizons, (2018). A CNF entry was longlisted in the WOW Women on Writing CNF Essay contest Q4 2020; Winner: Oapschat, U.K 2014.
She occasionally edits and manages a blog ‘Home The Clock Struck One’ (http://dlip.wordpress.com) for her brother who had a stroke in 2007. Her blog of personal writing and interests can be found here: https://fictionpals.wordpress.com.
She is an active member and until recently, Director of the Bahrain Writers’ Circle. In this role she has successfully planned, organised and launched the following annual events: Colours of Life Poetry Festival (2015 – 2019) and Confluence – where words & images meet an exhibition of art and writing (2018 -2020).
Three of her books and stories were published through Ex-L-Ence an independent publisher in the UK (who has closed down). These are Corpoetry, a collection of light-hearted verse satirising corporate life as seen from the point of view of mid-level office workers; Desert Flower under the name Zohra Saeed is a short romantic story based in 1930's Bahrain and Five Lives One Day in Bahrain is set in Bahrain 2007. She has recently released Twelve Roses For Love a slim collection of short stories celebrating love in many forms. It is available on Amazon.
Her poetry has been featured in online and print publications including Dilliwali (Publisher Busra Alvi Razzak), Quesadilla & Other Adventures (2019), The Society of Classical Poets’ both online and in their print Journals VII & VIII, her rhyming riddle poem placed 7th out of 177 entries in their Rhyming Riddle Contest 2018. A short story was shortlisted in The Atlantis Short Story Contest (2014) later published by Expanded Horizons, (2018). A CNF entry was longlisted in the WOW Women on Writing CNF Essay contest Q4 2020; Winner: Oapschat, U.K 2014.
Where to find Rohini Sunderam online
Books
Hearts For Valentine
by Rohini Sunderam
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,430.
Language:
English.
Published: February 15, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Short stories, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
A short romantic story by Rohini Sunderam released for lovers everywhere.
Five Lives - One Day in Bahrain
by Rohini Sunderam
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 32,520.
Language:
English.
Published: August 30, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Inspirational, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Five Lives - One day in Bahrain'Five Lives - A housemaid from Sri Lanka; a municipal garbage truck driver from India; a Filipina hairdresser and beauty salon manager; a British banker, and a young Bahraini man. Who connects with whom? Discover unsung heroes. This is an uplifting story that celebrates ordinary people in extraordinary ways.
Corpoetry
by Rohini Sunderam
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 7,930.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2014
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Categories:
Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Corporate life is sometimes hard sometimes easy - sometimes fraught with danger and sometimes a laugh a minute... Here are some poems and illustrations inspired by corporate life...