# Nightwalkers

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2023/02/02/nightwalkers/
- Published: 2023-02-02T14:08:30+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Authors: **Debarshi Mitra and Goirick Brahmachari⌊A sample cover of the book: 
moss green 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.⌉
 **Pages:** 130 **Year of Publication:** 2022 **Price:** Rs 500 **
ISBN:** 978-81-958199-9-7 (9788195819997)

_**About the Authors**_

**Debarshi Mitra** is a 27-year-old poet from New Delhi. His debut book of poems,_**
[Eternal Migrant](https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/eternal-migrant/)**_, was
published in 2016 by **Writers Workshop**, India. His second book, _Osmosis_, was
published by Hawakal in 2020. His works have previously appeared in anthologies 
like _Kaafiyana, Wifi for Breakfast, Best Indian Poetry 2018_, and journals like
_The Scarlet Leaf Review, Guftugu, The Sunflower Collective, Coldnoon_ and _The 
Indian Cultural Forum_. He was the recipient of The Wingword Poetry Prize 2017 and
The Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2017, and was long-listed for the TFA Prize 2019.

**Goirick Brahmachari**‘s debut collection of poems, _For the Love of Pork_ (Les
Editions du Zaporogue, Denmark) won the Muse India – Satish Verma Young Writer Award(
Poetry), 2016. He is also the winner of the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2016.
Other collections include _joining the dots_ (2016), _Wet Radio and Other Poems _(
2017) and _A Broken Exit_ (2019). His poems and essays have appeared in various 
journals, magazines, blogs and pamphlets.

_**About the Book**_
 In their preface to the book, the authors write:

“This collection is a collaborative project by two poets. Thematically, it attempts
to work around the ideas associated with the term “Nightwalkers”. While the literal
meaning of the title may be associated with the idea of a person who walks or sleepwalks
through the night, a dated connotation is also its association with prostitutes 
and, in a larger sense, all deviants who refuse to conform to all that is expected
of them. We also attempted to sketch the lives, in our own idiosyncratic ways, of
those in the city who are subjected to various demands during the day (workplace
or otherwise) and therefore look forward to the night to express themselves, perhaps
in a way reminiscent of the famous painting _Nighthawks_ by Edward Hopper. Night
then becomes a gateway for memories to flood in, for pause, reflection and more.
It is also a way of exploring the so-called underbelly of the city, to try and understand
the lives of those rendered invisible by the market forces: the cab drivers who 
continue to drive during the night, the bartenders awaiting a night of revelry and
the many others who are often absent from the public or literary imagination…

In our own distinctive ways, we sought ways to articulate and mirror our own experiences,
our fleeting thoughts and images. In the process, we hoped to initiate a larger 
conversation about the very nature of art and life in a post-truth, increasingly
sectarian and totalitarian world.”

_**Contents**_
 92 poems