# By the Brahmaputra and Other Poems

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2018/12/18/by-the-brahmaputra-and-other-poems/
- Published: 2018-12-18T01:59:28+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Srutimala Duara[](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/By-the-Brahmaputra.jpeg)
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Pages:** 72 **Year of Publication:** 2018 **Price:** Rs 200 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-
184-7 (9789350451847)

_**About the Author**_
 Srutimala Duara is a writer, an academician and a media 
person. Her books in English include three novels, three collections of short stories,
two books of poems, and a book on the city of Guwahati. Her books in Assamese include
six story books for young children, a collection of short stories and two novels.
She was a columnist writing under the heading “Chitra Bichitra” in the popular local
daily, _Dainik Asom_, and also had a column, “Slices of Life”, in _The Sentinel_.
She contributes articles, especially travelogues, regularly to local newspapers.

Duara is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Handique Girls’ College,
Guwahati. She was awarded the Naari Shakti Award in April 2015 by Lions Club and
Woman of the Year 2016 by International Human Rights Council (Assam Chapter). She
is a founder member of Northeast Writers’ Forum, comprising writers of English from
the eight northeastern states.

She was a presenter in Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, for 20 years. She has acted
in television serials, on stage, and in more than 50 radio plays.

_**Teaser**_

_Life_

Life speaks to me through dead words
 when I lie under the cracked ceiling

I feel the fractures in my life

Departed words come through the crevice
 and memories leak drop by drop occupying
space

Life continues in the flood

Awakened consciousness
 drowns under the torrent of memories and dead words come
alive hunting life with arrows of dreams.

_**Contents**_
 60 poems