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The Ghost of Mr. Greatsoul - Jeet Thayil
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Seni Seneviratne
B. 1951
For Seni Seneviratne “the personal is political and they’re always intertwined” – a sentiment Seni embodies not only in her poetry but also across her life, advocating against war and for human rights, amongst various other campaigns. She is a…
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The Brexit Book of the Dead - Rishi Dastidar
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Rabindranath Tagore, known as the Bard of Bengal, was born in 1861 to an aristocratic family of social reformers in Calcutta (now Kolkata), then the seat of the British government in India. His prolific output spanned poetry, plays, songs, novels,…
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Amarjit Chandan is a celebrated poet, essayist, and editor, known for his distinctive voice in contemporary Punjabi literature. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1946, Chandan’s upbringing was marked by both the richness of his Sikh heritage and the complexities of…
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Awake (Invocation to India, Her Children Speak) - Sarojini Naidu
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Bhanu Kapil
B. 1968
Bhanu Kapil is a contemporary Punjabi Indian performance artist and poet. Born and raised in West London to Punjabi immigrant parents, Kapil recalls an early inclination toward poetry, composing her first verses as “poem(s) to the stars” as a young…
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To The Welsh Critic Who Doesn’t Find Me Identifiably Indian - Arundhati Subramaniam
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David Dabydeen
B. 1955
David Dabydeen (David Horace Clarence Harilal Sookram) was born in 1955, in Berbice, Guyana. His second name, Dabydeen, is taken from his mother, Veronica Dabydeen, who raised him, along with his maternal grandparents, after her divorce. Dabydeen regards his time…