# Lost City Symphony

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- Published: 2020-10-12T20:09:45+00:00
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**Author:** Indrajit Bose[⌊A sample cover of the book: red coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lost-City-Symphony.jpeg)
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Pages:** 100 **Year of Publication:** 2020 **Price:** Rs 300 **ISBN: **978-81-946740-
0-9 (9788194674009)

_**About the Author**_
 Indrajit Bose is an English-language-training practitioner
and teacher trainer in an engineering college in Kolkata. He graduated from St Xavier’s
College, Kolkata, and did his MA and Ph.D. in English from Jadavpur University. 
He was trained in ELT by the British Council, India, and holds an eTeaching Business
English certificate from the University of South Carolina, USA. This is his first
book of poems.

_**Teaser**_

_Old Cameos_

In the long verandah
 At the top left landing Of the wooden staircase, You will 
find them waiting.

Grandfather in singlets and shorts:
 Beaming toothlessly; Great-grandfather in alpaca
coat, Frowning majestically.

The lady by a Chinese vase,
 So like a Ravi Varma painting, Is Great-uncle’s first
wife Who died in childbirth.

And those three studious
 Ladies are your aunts, Pramila, Urmila, Nirmala, Proud
university graduates.

The house stands shuttered,
 Waiting, as if for their voices To call, in confusing
harmony: Only the birdcalls resound.

Time has stolen by unawares,
 Making a mockery of their youth, And yet they stand
invincible, Like a long-forgotten cache of soldiers.

They will not grow old,
 Never taste the bitterness Of old age, of lost hopes, The
debilitating pain of disease.

Each time I revisit,
 Remembering their untold stories, I am filled with strength
To brave life’s battles alone.

_**Contents**_
 50 poems