DWL Reading Series

DWL Reading Series

Over the last few months, we've successfully conducted two readings with a modestly successful crop of readers and writers showing up to read their pieces aloud and having them dissected by the gr

Member Count

Member Count

If you've been following us recently, you may have noticed a discrepancy between the member count listed here and that on the forums. In reality there is no discrepancy and no, it isn't a glit

Attn: Prosesters

Attn: Prosesters

With all the poets out there posting, we seem to have hit a prose dry spell. Out of the 180 member count, only a few brave ones are actually posting. We're writing this to get your attention, pro

Welcome to Desi Writers Lounge!
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Hello and Welcome to the 'Lounge!

Who are we?

We're writers, readers and critics hailing from or living in, the subcontinental area. Our beginnings were, we'd like to think, humble: an online writer's community on a social network. As the community grew, friendships were born and the network's seemingly overwrought server couldn't handle our constant stream of posts. A separate place for us where we would be allowed to grow to our heart's content, was imminent. The result was inevitable: Desi Writers Lounge.

The website's origins date from April 2005, when it was just a simply run thing with no forums, no anything but with the promise of independence. Like all moves, it took time and the website and forums went live and active in September 2006. And the rest...is convenient history!

What do we do?

We write, read and offer quite often insightful, critiques and feedback on the work of others all along keeping in mind that though we are amateurs, we've been doing this for a while. Critique from anyone on any piece is welcome...as long as it's constructive, we have no problems.

And at the end of every quarter, we bring out a quarterly e-zine containing the best material published on the forums after a period of grueling editing. Who're the editors? Ahh...that's a long story. But to cut it short: the old, established gurus from our Orkut days. They number a total of five, from what began as twelve...

What are our goals?

Literary progression in the subcontinent, especially Pakistan where the publication industry suffers horribly. To counter that, we present the 'Lounge, a place where you can be heard and inspired to write. For the future, we have readings and other activities planned, to ensure that this dream doesn't pass us by and have, effective March 29, 2008 held the first reading among a series in Islamabad. Details are available on our blog.

And so...now that you know who we are, satiate the cat in you and join us.

Be heard. Be inspired. 

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Forum Upates

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With the new set of updates to the site, it was only inevitable that the forums would follow suit. In fact, it's safe to say that the forums were the first thing to be completed. So go on, check it out! Give us the lowdown on what you think...fingers crossed, o'course..!

DWL Blog

DWL blog

Our blog, which has been operating since September, 2007 maintains a constant stream of updates for members and non-members alike. Chances are, if you've heard a rumor about something happening with the 'Lounge, it'll be reported on the blog first and foremost.

After a stream of updates to the main site and the forums,  we've had to update our blog's color scheme as well.

Scheduled Events

Now that we have the preliminaries out of the way, there are a few planned for the months ahead, first and foremost being the elusive reading and launching a trinational marketing campaign, kicking off from Islamabad and spreading to Karachi and Lahore. Our target: bookstores and any "intellectual" cafes...though the existence of such cafes, may be debatable. But we at the 'Lounge, are incurable optimists.

If you're interested in helping out with the reading, or with spreading the DWL love, drop us a line at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with a few ideas or suggestions or tips or a helping hand or whatever.

Chances are, in the months ahead we're going to need all the help any five member team can muster.

Tally ho! 

What Next?

That's a good question. Aside from the reading, we have a tiny bubble of an idea surfacing on the tips of our brains. Without giving anything away, it's something in the way of a competition, arranged by the 'Lounge but including both members and non-members for prospective applicants.

Make no assumptions, however. Think distinctly out of the box. Prepare to really dig into your imaginations, because we'll be calling for the best of the best out there...all amateurs of course. That's what we're really interested in...keeping it real with people just like us; someone undiscovered but with a plethora of talent. Yes, we're horribly indiscreet and have no modesty whatsoever! :)

Constant updates as always, will be on the blog, as well as on the forums and of course, on the website itself.  

Goodies

So what goodies are we offering? We'll admit: most of them are on the forums...no...they're all on the forums. Damn. Nonetheless, we've got two new things: one's this nifty little thing called 'Karma'. What does it do? It allows you to applaud or smite a fellow member on the board; applauding boosts popularity while a smite naturally takes it away. It introduces a sense of fun and distraction in the otherwise charged, but relaxed atmosphere of the 'Lounge.

The second thing is inviting others, which a lot of our members wanted to do but really found passing on the link itself, less of a reminder than a permanent 'you have been invited' sitting in their inbox, staring at them...day in, day out. Not that it's wholly unappealing...hopefully!

There are other things planned as well, but we don't want to give them away...

Letters from the Editor

  • 05:49 - 20.02.2008

    This year has been interesting, brought forth many hidden talents (which I sincerely hope we’ve done a good job representing in this issue) and introduced a plethora of changes.

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