In a letter written in 1935, Sri Aurobindo, an accomplished poet himself, appreciates the originality and rhythmic force in Toru Dutt’s poetry. Though, for some reason, Sri Aurobindo does not extend the magnitude of this appreciation, it is worth quoting…
I must admit right at the beginning that reading a quality poetry collection by a relatively young author does delight me more than anything else! Being an ardent reader of Indian English poetry for more than a decade (academic and…
Poetry! This word has a charming effect on many people. Literature could not be as aesthetic as it is (without poetry). I have been reading poetry for many years. I began reading serious poetry during my early college years. And…
A collection of poems cannot be complete without the output – the result that the poet may intend to bring or the impact that a poet might envision generating upon the minds of the target audience. Help Baby Walrus (taken…
The Poetician is a poetry collection written by Lov Pathak. Subtitled as 'a common man's satire' the book gives you a very productive few minutes you spend reading and understanding it. Satire is there. Amusing, sentimental, existential and environmental... different…
Rushali Mukherjee's debut publication, Moon Child, is a collection of 100 short poems, mostly, decorated with sketches that accompany each of the poems in this collection published by Bloomsbury India. The book has 100 pages and the same number of…
Poetry writing in Hindi has attracted a lot of writers recently to express their feelings with the audience. Though we can arguably claim that the popularity of Hindi poetry gained the contemporary traction after the fame received by the likes…
The very first thing that attracted my critical attention is the title of the book. Indian Poets are many, writing in various languages and cannot be limited within one certain context, consciously or just loosely. However, the editor of this…
Poetry! Too intellectual, too philosophical, too complicated, too tough to comprehend, too serious and so on. Usually, these thoughts punch our head as soon as we take a poetry book in our hand. Before we could start reading it, we…
In the Sphere: Poetry is something that always entices me. As I have been a reader of poetry for long, I always keep looking for the poetry collections that could keep me engaged and yet not bore me off. However,…
