Pallavi Padma-Uday,[1] is a writer, journalist and business historian based in the UK.[2] Her debut poetry collection Orisons in the Dark was published by Writers Workshop in April 2023.[3] [4] [5] Noted Irish poet 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."[6] [7] 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.[8] [9] Punch Magazine featured her as one of the 40 poets from India in its annual poetry issue in 2022 and 2023.[10] She is one of the seven awardees for the prestigious Cill Rialaig Residency for the year 2023.[11] 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'. [12] In May 2024, her second poetry collection 'Lola in Belfast' was published.[13] The book is set to launch at Belfast Book Festival 2024 with eminent Irish author Catherine_Dunne_(writer). [14]
Pallavi was born in a family of academics and civil servants in Patna in the state of Bihar, India. She studied for her post-graduate degree in economic history from London School of Economics and Political Science. She holds two Masters degrees, one in economic history and another in journalism. She trained to be a journalist at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India and studied English Literature and Economics at the undergraduate level.[15]
Pallavi studies the long run evolution of business groups in modern India, especially the ownership and management of joint stock firms.[16] Pallavi is a member of the Economic History Society in the UK and also serves on its public engagement team.[17] [18] She is also a member of the Business History Conference in the United States.[19]
Pallavi built and led highly performing marketing teams and advised fast growing startups in India and the UK. 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.[20] She has reported and written long form and enterprise stories on political economy, business, politics and policy, culture, caste and inequality in her journalistic career spanning more than a decade. She writes a business history column and reports on British politics for news websites and newspapers in India including moneycontrol, and is a member of the Economic History Society in the UK.[21] [22]
Her writing has been published in literary journals worldwide including The Honest Ulsterman, Abridged, Muse India, Usawa Literary Review, Madras Courier, Punch Magazine and Outlook.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Her Hindi poems have appeared in various literary journals such as Jankipul, Garbhnaal, Hans (magazine), and Vagarth.[28] [29]
Her poems were also anthologised in Irish anthologies including New World New Voices anthology published by Books Beyond NI, a creative writing project supported by Ulster University, and the CAP Anthology Threshold.[30]
Her writing has been supported by mentoring programs from Arts Council Ireland and Centre for Creative Practices in Dublin, Ireland. In 2022, she was chosen for the prestigious mentoring programme with the Doire Press in Ireland to work with celebrated poet Nandi Jola.[31]
She is a professional member of the Irish Writers Centre.[32] In February, Pallavi will read from her work for the Northern Soul Roadshow 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.[33]
Pallavi writes and edits Enterprise Reads by éconhistorienne newsletter on Substack and blogs at éconhistorienne.com.[34] [35]