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Three of our publications longlisted for the Kala Literature Awards 2026

Kala – Krazy about Literature and Arts – have announced their awards longlists and two of our books feature in their Debut Author (English) category, The Coppiced House and The Patchwork Quilt, while both titles along with Delphic Diatribes have been longlisted for their Poetry (English) awards category. Congratulations to our poets, Jyotish Gopinathan, Sunaina […]

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Icicles in the Sun

Author: Chandni Kapur Pages: 58 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: ₹250 ISBN: 978-81-995932-6-8 (9788199593268) About the Author Chandni Kapur is a poet, an MBA and an ICF accredited coach with a corporate career spanning more than 25 years. A lifetime member of The Poetry Society (India), and a seasoned though elusive poet of her own accord, […]

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Discerner of Words

Author: Daiarisa Rumnong Pages: 114 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: ₹400 ISBN: 978-81-985733-7-7 (9788198573377) About the Author Dr Daiarisa Rumnong is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at St. Mary’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya. She believes that poetry holds truth and power. She is humbled by the wisdom of words, imagery, metaphors and all that language […]

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Pattinathār

Author: P. Ravikumar Translator: M. Dakshinamurthy Pages: 86 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: Rs 350 ISBN: 978-81-985733-9-1 (9788198573391) About the Author Born in October 1952, P. Ravikumar has written three long poems in Malayalam and many articles on music and literature. His first poem, M. D. Rāmanāthan, appeared in 2004, his second, Nachiketas, in 2009, and his […]

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The Land Above Water

Author: Manik Sharma Pages: 52 Year of Publication: 2012 Price: Rs 100 ISBN: 978-93-5045-031-4 (9789350450314) About the Book Manik Sharma’s poems are lyrical and haunting. His choice of words is delicate and, at the same time, they enter the deepest recesses of the reader’s mind, evoking emotional memories. This emotional connect that Sharma’s words and […]

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And How We’ve Been

Author: Sahana Mukherjee Pages: 62 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: ₹250 ISBN: 978-81-985733-8-4 (9788198573384) About the Author Sahana Mukherjee is from Kolkata, and pursuing doctoral research in the UK. She has been writing poetry for a decade now, and her poems have appeared in several literary magazines, journals and anthologies. This is her second volume with […]

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Kotia to Ketaki: At Home Away from Home

Authors: Ketaki Sarkar and Chandana Dey Pages: 186 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: ₹800 / $20 (USD) ISBN: 978-81-985733-0-8 (9788198573308) About the Authors Russian by birth, Ketaki Sarkar (1907-98) met and married Nitai Sarkar (1905-61) in Switzerland, following which both came to India in 1934. Ketaki taught French at the Alliance Française and Ramakrishna Mission in […]

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Prantik Banerjee awarded first prize in the Wingword Poetry Competition, 2025

We are happy to share that Prantik Banerjee has won the first prize in the Wingword Poetry Competition, 2025, for his poem, “Stand Alone”, published in Crossing the Line (Writers Workshop, 2022). Banerjee’s first book of poems, A Postscript on Missing Keys, was also brought out by us. This should work as an incentive for you […]

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Kaleidoscope

Author: Kadavakollu Tejaswani Pages: 82 Year of Publication: 2025 Price: ₹300 ISBN: 978-81-985733-5-3 (9788198573353) About the Author Kadavakollu Tejaswani works as an Associate Professor of English in the Department of English, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Hyderabad. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hyderabad and has published several research articles in national and international […]

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