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Poets Highlighted in Annual Article on Indian Writing in English in ‘Literature, Critique, and Empire Today’ (2025)

Seven of our poets have received special mention in the short introductory article compiled by Payal Nagpal and Shyamala A. Narayan for ‘Literature, Critique, and Empire Today’. An annual undertaking, each installment provides an overview of published writing from India in, or translated into, English with this issue spotlighting publications in 2024. The comments on […]

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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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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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