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Rishi Dastidar, a London-based poet of second-generation heritage, is a prolific reviewer, editor and arts activist, currently working for the Guardian, and acting as the chair of Wasafiri. Completing his Bachelors in Mansfield College, Oxford University, followed by a Masters…

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The Monk - Arundhati Subramaniam
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Just in Case - Arundhati Subramaniam
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How Some Hindus Find Their Personal Gods - Arundhati Subramaniam
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Mitti - Arundhati Subramaniam
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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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Sarojini Naidu

B. 1879 D. 1949

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Sarojini Naidu, famously known as ‘the Nightingale of India,’ was a remarkable female political activist and freedom fighter in pre-colonial India. Her poetic works are celebrated for their lyrical romanticism, capturing the beauty and diversity of Indian culture with sweetness…

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Nissim Ezekiel

B. 1924 D. 2004

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Nissim Ezekiel, recognised as the father of Indian English poetry, was a foundational figure in introducing Modernism to the post-independence Indian literary scene. He captured the essence of everyday life through idiosyncratic descriptions of ordinary men and women. Through his…

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Poem 35 from ‘Gitanjali’ - Rabindranath Tagore
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Pink Pyjama Suit - Deborah Alma
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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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Arun Kolatkar was born in 1931 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. He grew up in a traditional patriarchal Hindu extended family, describing their crowded home as ‘a house of cards…the rooms had mudfloors which had to be plastered with cowdung every…

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Awake (Invocation to India, Her Children Speak)  - Sarojini Naidu
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The Lonely Child - Sarojini Naidu
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Vikram Seth is a poet and novelist whose contributions to literature are harboured in various eclectic and traditional forms. The sites of his poetry and prose are intercontinental, creating literary habitats of far away lands and cultures. In the modern…

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Mapping Memories - Amarjit Chandan
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An Old Woman - Arun Kolatkar
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