From the room

Where Bengaluru's writers gather.

A focused room for fiction., journals., essays., poetry., blogs., newsletters., research., your next draft.

For the newsletter you keep postponing, the essay that needs one more pass, the novel in your drawer.

The typewriter, emblem of The Writers’ Room.

A standing time and place to write.

The Writers’ Room is a recurring, collaborative space for writers in Bengaluru. Once a month, we meet for quiet co-working, each of us carrying our own writing tools, to write together, share work, and build the kind of steady community that makes the writing life less lonely.

Past Writers' Room BLR meetup, photo 1 of 27 — **PHOTO: THE WRITERS’ ROOM** Plate 1 of 27

Past Writers' Room BLR meetup, photo 2 of 27 — **PHOTO: THE WRITERS’ ROOM** Plate 1 of 27

Focused writing sessionsThree hours of distraction-free writing with fellow writers.

Work first, network secondThe session is for quiet writing on your own; intros wait till the end.

A real communityMeet writers across genres: blogs, books, news, etc.

Share your workPublish blogs, essays, and excerpts to people who actually read.

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Aditya Oberai ★ Technical Writing · Newsletter · Blogging · +1 Started The Writers' Room to help create a collaborative space for writers in Bengaluru. Professionally builds developer ecosystems; dabbles in photography on the side.Anandita Wagh ★ Design · Art and Craft · Food Co-hosting The Writers' Room ;)Sadhana Das ★ Literary Fiction · Travel Writing · Essays

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★ Featured Blog

Pages from Early Adulthood

by Sadhana Das

Dumbledore was right when he said: ‘Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.’ I smile when I see it’s not raining and can commute to my destination without getting soggy. Or, grateful that I didn’t trip of the stairs cause my shoe laces were undone.

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The answer they didn’t write down.

by Anandita Wagh

What a seventh-grade classroom taught me about success, and what adulthood changed.

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The Glorious Burden Of Leaving Footsteps In The Sand

by Aditya Oberai

This blog covers my reflections on legacy, sparked by astronaut Christina Koch saying she hoped people would forget all about the Artemis II mission. I explore how my view of legacy shifted from something I felt pressure to build into something I now see as the consequence of pursuing a purpose rather than the goal itself, using examples like Newton's Principia and Steve Wozniak's Apple computers. Drawing on Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus, I argue that even though the universe won't preserve our names and our footsteps will fade from the sand, the act of pushing forward with purpose is what makes life a glorious burden worth carrying.

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