# The Idol Walker

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- Published: 2020-10-18T17:31:20+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Srinjoy Ghosh[⌊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/The-Idol-Walker-1-scaled-1.jpeg)
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Pages:** 76 **Year of Publication:** 2020 **Price:** Rs 200 **ISBN: **978-81-946740-
2-3 (9788194674023)

_**About the Book**_
 “Srinjoy Ghosh is a lover of words. He plumbs into their deeper
meanings, delights in their sonorities, and crafts them into verse of passion, contemplation
and humour. A central theme in _**The Idol Walker**_ remains constant: the spirited
psychosomatic journey of the individual soul. Taking cultural cues from around the
world, Ghosh artfully balances his unfailing reflection of the inner life with a
playful exposition of natural phenomena and human relationships. This exciting collection
foretells much more from this young and inspired poet.”

~ SRINIVAS REDDY, _scholar, musician and poet, _
 _Visiting Assistant Professor 
of Religious Studies and Contemplative Studies at Brown University (August 2017-
2020) and Guest Professor at IIT Gandhinagar_

_**Teaser**_

_Essential Are You_

Essential are you.
 I smile for you, I look out for you, I keep ready for you.

The bed’s not been bedded,
 Nor the seed’s been seeded. Thinking of the flowers 
dead, Calling for the dog unfed.

A withering rivulet did sight me,
 Sat by the shingles, not yet free. Free, are 
you? You are free!

Draperies lengthen the shadows,
 The crystals emanate the rainbow, _Recherché_! 
Sure is, that you are in drapes, Past the bow of heaven.

My self has simply not done any
 Heave-in Break away! Break away! And I sound: Essential
are you?

_**Contents**_
 _Foreword_ by Shrehya Taneja / 9 _Preface_ / 12

Act I (Scintilla) / 13
 9 poems

Act II (Saudade) / 29
 11 poems

Act III (Nyctophillia) / 45
 8 poems

Act IV (Abendrot) / 55
 10 poems

Epilogue (Sillage) / 67
 1 poem

_Afterword_ by Shriyut Kumar Srivastava / 70
 _Some Reviews_ / 73