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A Scope of Enchantment to the Lonely
K. Satchidanandan’s latest collection of love poems will make you explore the alleys of expectations and silent demands. K. Satchidanandan is no stranger to literary circles. One of the most well-recognized faces of contemporary Indian poetry, he is a distinguished…
Exploring the Devices of Poetry
In the works of all great poets, we find inevitable references of their private lives with that of what goes on around them—the people, nature, events, and society in general, shares the space with the emotional capacities of the poet.…
The Partition and the Agony
In the works of all great poets, we find inevitable references of their private lives with that of what goes on around them—the people, nature, events, and society in general, shares the space with the emotional capacities of the poet.…
Nostalgia and Return
Calcutta Crow and other fragments by Brinda Bose is a telling book of poems, which reflects the melancholia of returning to one’s roots, especially when the arrival of death marks the return.
Media coverage of ‘Hibiscus’
I wasn’t inspired by another COVID poetry collection that was creating a buzz on social media: I was aimed at a substantial anthology that would provide genuine relief to the readers in these trying times.
