THROUGH MY WINDOW There is a craze for usurpingin the name of calibrated progressspiralling up to the zenithjostling towers calcifyshooting from ribs of denuded greena blanket of concrete envelopsmy city in aggressive stridesbirds fly away making room forflyovers swooping over the lungs,hold captive glory of greeneryguillotined in avenues of sadism,an interplay of felling and formingmaps…
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Eco Poetry – Human Responsibility and Connection
Vinita Agrawal Together/the weather/is a language we can barely understand;but confessional experts detect/in the senseless diktat of hurricanea hymning of our sins, our stupid counterpoint. – From A Language of Change by David Sergeant Introduction They say that poetry changes nothing. I guess that’s true only with non-living things. Otherwise, the plant would not have…
Issue 6, April 2025 : From the Editors
Nishi Pulugurtha and Nabanita Sengupta As one travels in Kolkata these days one gets to see some colour. The spring colours are clearly seen – some orange, some red, a little violet peeping through, some yellow here and there. Inspite of the fact that spring in the city is short lived and is a reminder…
Aneek Chatterjee
Mission to Syllables Pages I adored for poetry began to disappear in front of my eyes. I searched them, but the lines were breaking and escaping one by one. All rhythms, carefully conceived, all syllables were mocking with audible sounds. Of late, poems I vowed to be eternal, were escaping from my sight and joining…
Interview with Lopamudra Banerjee, Poet, Author, Translator
Interviewer: Gopa Bhattacharjee Gopa Bhattacharjee: What inspired you to write this poetry book We Are What We Are along with poet Priscilla Rice? Lopa Banerjee: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” –Sylvia Plath Having read my poetry diva Sylvia Plath’s stunning…
Book Review of Mandalas of Time by Malashri Lal
Nabanita Sengupta BOOK REVIEWTitle: Mandalas of TimeAuthor: Malashri LalPublisher: Hawakal PublishersPages: 133 (Hardbound Cover)Price: Rs. 500/-INR The word ‘mandala’ has a deep connection with spirituality. Through a circular diagrammatic representation mandalas signify a journey from the outer to the inner core. It is an understanding of the self. Poetry too is a similar journey through words,…
Book Review of Eagle’s Coin by L.S. Rathore
Nishi Pulugurtha BOOK REVIEWTitle: Eagle’s CoinAuthor: L.S. RathorePublisher: Authorspress, New DelhiYear: 2023Price: Rs. 350/-INR The first time I read the poems in Eagle’s Coin was when the work was in manuscript form. I had reviewed Rathore’s earlier volumes of poems, Romance Over Coffee and Delphic Musings, some years ago and hence was acquainted with his work.…
Book Review of Crossing the Shoreline by Gopal Lahiri
Navamalati Neog Chakraborty BOOK REVIEWTitle: Crossing the ShorelineAuthor: Gopal LahiriPublisher: Haojan Publishers, Kolkata Year: 2022Price: Rs. 300/-INR The anthology of myriad hues finds Gopal Lahiri chafe at the world with his predominant symbolism of words, in a ringing conviction. A soft-spoken poet, his nuanced poems adorn his thoughts and his reaction to the world. His…
A Review of Cloud Nine: A Fresh View of Life
Sutanuka Ghosh Roy BOOK REVIEWBook Title: Cloud NineAuthor: Paramita Mukherjee MullickPublished by Inking Innovations, Mumbai, 2022 Paramita Mukherjee Mullick is a scientist by profession and a poet by passion. Cloud Nine is her ninth book of poems and contains sixty poems divided into five sections. In the foreword to the book the poet writes, “Every…
Checklist Anomaly: An ‘Incomplete Refrain’ in Search of Completion
Sangeeta Banerjee BOOK REVIEWChecklist Anomaly by Rajorshi Patranabis Hawakal Publishers, New Delhi, Calcutta, 2023. Price: INR 400 Life often takes the shape of a mosaic inside the head, where one witnesses innumerable images, conjuring to form a fragmented whole. With this carefully crafted contradiction, Rajorshi Patranabis’ Checklist Anomaly, the first ever collection of gogyoshi written…