Writing

“Confess to yourself in the deepest hour of the night whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, must I write?”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

Literary Publications

I Will Not Go: Translations, Transformations, and Chutney Fractals (2024)
Kaya Press

In a new groundbreaking anthology, poet Rajiv Mohabir engages with Indo-Caribbean language and culture, inviting 17 diasporic writers to experiment with their own personal interpretations of two famous Chutney songs. A Caribbean diasporic response in the manner of Eliot Weinberger’s Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, this book offers reimaginings, reinterpretations, and compelling treatises on Chutney music. I Will Not Go collects poetry inherited by the descendants of indenture and, through its innovative reimagining, celebrates the poetry of survival.

Mira’s pieces in this collection: “Na Mek Me Go”, “Return to God”, “For My Sister” and an essay entitled “Dancing in Dualities”

ROOTS AND RUINS (2025) — Debuting 8/15/25
Arcana Poetry Press

This poetry anthology gathers 62 diverse voices in a collective act of remembering. These poems excavate the past and present, tracing bloodlines, migrations, and the homes we’ve left behind. They speak from the ruins we carry, honoring grief without letting it silence us. What emerges is a fierce tenderness: an offering of resilience, small spells of love, and glimmers of everyday magic. This collection is a living archive of heritage, identity, ache, and wonder, threaded with the quiet brilliance that celebrates our shared humanity.

Mira’s poems in this collection: “Kala Pani Dreams” and “Patsy”