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A brilliant collection of poems by Sharmila Ray!
Whorelight
The prostitution of light to rescue us from our darkness. The poems in this collection rescue me, take me through light to infallible hope and take every stray feeling to where they belong. whorelight: A collection of fifty-four free verses.
The Empress
Gayatri's poems are infused with joie de vivre and passion for life. Her words sustain a quest for something new, something undiscovered, veering towards a mystical fascination of the unexplored. Her use of metaphors is amazing, the canvas of her imagination utterly enchanting. Somehow, she connects the dots of the universe and leads us gently towards insights into the essential questions of existence. -Vinita Agrawal
HIBISCUS
As the pandemic shutdown looms over us, we are reminded of those things we took for granted: for instance, hibiscus flowers, the sea, the moon, or an elderly couple at home who are still in love. Hibiscus: poems that heal and empower seeks to convey the resonating touch of the flower itself. According to Ayurveda, the flower has many medicinal uses that include but are not limited to lowering blood pressure and preventing stroke. The anthology derives its healing power from reaching across continents. It was conceived in India by acclaimed poet, editor, and translator Kiriti Sengupta. Hibiscus houses 104 poets—luminaries like Keki N. Daruwalla, Mamang Dai, Sudeep Sen, Bina Sarkar Ellias, S...
A Bengali Lady in England by Krishnabhabini Das (1885)
This is a translation from Bengali to English of the first ever woman’s travel narrative written in the late nineteenth century when India was still under British imperial rule with Bengal as its capital. Krishnabhabini Das (1864–1919) was a middle-class Bengali lady who accompanied her husband on his second visit to England in 1882, where they lived for eight years. Krishnabhabini wrote her narrative in Bengali and the account was published in Calcutta in 1885 as England-e Bongomohila [A Bengali Lady in England]. This anonymous publication had the author’s name written simply as “A Bengali Lady”. It is not a travel narrative per se as Das was also trying to educate fellow Indians ...
Noise Cancellation
Jhilam Chattaraj writes of the challenges and rewards of teaching, writing, loving and connecting across distances in a universe of apps and absent ringtones. Wry, affectionate, delicately-modulated and determined to 'sing sunward, ' these poems in praise of food, love, longing and literature map the recurrent and ancient human need to "tap the air / for the sweet wound of knowledge." - ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAM Noise Cancellation - with its urgent and sometimes visceral evocations - is written largely using a well-tended couplet form. The parallel lines here allude to and offer contrapuntal dualities of our current fraught times - the pair and play of yin-yang lyrics reflecting the presence of...
Quesadilla and Other Adventures
The poems in this anthology talk appetizingly about food as an allegory, food as a reality, and food as everything in-between, inviting the readers to a scrumptious literary meal, and taking them on a rich gastronomic journey.
Mumbai Monochrome
Most photos of Mumbai emphasize its overpopulated spaces and hectic life, its crowded festivals, its glittering showbiz, its public transport crammed full. 'Mumbai Monochrome' presents moments of small epiphanies that usually stream past in a blur, unnoticed by the public eye. These quieter moments are conserved in photos and embellished with haiku poems, comprising an invitation to slow down and contemplate the present moment. The book is an invitation to reclaim for memory the city we edit out of our consciousness.
Solitary Stillness
With his master strokes, Sengupta offers an all-pervasive analysis of the microcosm, his seemingly nonchalant style being the most powerful weapon to demolish our long-cherished views about human life: the claustrophobic existence in the City of Joy as depicted in “The Bengali Phenomenon”; the suffering of Christ in the time of crucifixion as written in “Expressions”; and the appalling lightlessness when shadows grow longer as portrayed in “Illumination.” Sengupta extends the metaphor of the book’s title in some of the poems, emphasizing the essential loneliness of our existence when we speak to ourselves in prose or verse...we are compelled to realize how lonely we are yet how rich in poetry, and [Solitary Stillness] is a preparation of the voyage to meet the “infinite” with a poetic brush. —World Literature Today
Open Your Eyes: an Anthology on Climate Change: Poetry and Prose
Open your Eyes: an anthology on climate change investigates human relationships with the natural world. Each poem/prose offers a unique perspective on the environment in its own style. Each contributor has interpreted the theme broadly, exploring the issue in different ways-physical, spiritual or emotional through their own unique cultural lens. As climate change continues to wreak havoc on populations across the globe, writers are fighting back with words that jolt, motivate, and in the best of all, provoke one to act. July 2019 was officially the hottest month on Earth since records began. Scientists are arguing that we are out of the Holocene era-the epoch that encompasses the last ten thousand years-and entering a new age-the Anthropocene-where humanity is the main force shaping the planet and nature can no longer be regarded as natural. Open your Eyes is perhaps the best way to bring this new age into perspective. The collection has contributions from some of the best poets writing today-both nationally and internationally.
