Episode 13 of The WIP Show featuring Rochelle Potkar is now live on YouTube.
The twelfth episode of our The WIP Show is live now on our YouTube Channel.
About The WIP Show
The WIP Show is a platform dedicated to unraveling the intricacies of the writing process.
We speak to accomplished authors, publishers, and literary personalities to share their unique journeys—exploring challenges, triumphs, and the creative alchemy behind crafting captivating stories.
Hosted by Namrata, the Founder of Keemiya Creatives and Bookbots India, the show aims to inspire and connect with fellow writers and readers.
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About Rochelle Potkar
Fictionist | Poet | Screenwriter
Rochelle Potkar is an alumna of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2015) and a Charles Wallace Writer’s fellow, University of Stirling (2017). She is the author of Four Degrees of Separation (poetry) and Paper Asylum (haibun) – shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020, Bombay Hangovers (short fiction), and her latest poetry collection Coins in Rivers.
Her poetry film Skirt showcased on Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland. Her poems To Daraza won the 2018 Norton Girault Literary Prize UK, and The girl from Lal Bazaar was shortlisted at the Gregory O’ Donoghue International Poetry Prize, 2018. Widely-anthologized, she has read her poetry in India, Bali, Iowa, Macao, Stirling, Glasgow, Hongkong, Ukraine, Hungary, Bangladesh, Dubai, and the Gold Coast, Australia. Her writings have been translated into Arabic, Hungarian, French, Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, and German. She also co-authored The Coordinates of Us/ सर्व अंशांतून आपण – a bilingual cross-translation of English/Marathi poetry. As a poetry book critic, her reviews have appeared in Wasafiri, Sahitya Akademi’s Indian Literature, Asian Cha, and Chandrabhaga.
Her first screenplay ‘A Brown coat’ was a quarter-finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2020.
She is an industry expert on syllabi boards (English Lit.) of two top Mumbai universities. She was invited for four consecutive years as a creative-writing mentor to Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Programs, Summer Institute 2019 and Between the Lines 2022, 2023, 2024. She conducts regular online poetry workshops at the Himalayan Writing Retreat. https://rochellepotkar.com.
Her handles on Instagram and Twitter: @rochellepotkar.
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About The D’Costa Family
The Goan Indian D’Costa family descends into glorious chaos after patriarch Don Theodore’s death. His widow Rita, who never loved him, launches a campaign to install their gravedigger son Jason as the new Don, bribing tenants, and manipulating family members. Meanwhile, her pregnant daughter-in-law Annette juggles a secret lover, stolen jewelry, and an accidental shooting, while Inspector Gaitonde – allergic to family drama – stumbles upon the D’Costas’ most absurd secret beneath Jason’s manicured graveyard.
As real estate schemes collapse, guns are mishandled, and a Catholic-Hindu wedding spirals into hullabaloo, Rita recognizes the madness of the patriarchal power game she had been playing, finding unexpected solidarity with the tenants she once chose to exploit.
The D’Costa Family by Rochelle Potkar is a wild ride packed with over-the-top characters and crazy twists that come fast and unexpected – sometimes emotional, sometimes macabre, but always gripping.
‘A darkly comedic family caper filled with gangsters, gold, and Goan grit, The D’Costa Family is a madcap saga of greed, deception, and one last shot at legacy.’ — Jesal Shah, Filmmaker
‘From the very first page, the story keeps you hooked, filled with dark humor, warmth, and an undeniable charm.’ – Priyanka Tanwar, Filmmaker
‘Rochelle masterfully crafts each character with such rich detail that they leap off the page, making their world impossible to resist.’ – Namrata, Literary Consultant
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