The Hawakal Blog
K. Satchidanandan is no stranger to literary circles. One of the most well-recognized faces of contemporary Indian poetry, he is a distinguished scholar of literature. His native Malayalam and English works represent a generation of poetry that inspired many others to pick up the pen. The skill required to write in bilingual form is a feat
A book consisting of a writer’s interviews and views, primarily a poet, is the kind of work that literature enthusiasts love to read. The intrinsic details of writing, beginning from the method to specific practices, and habits can only be explored and learned when hearing or reading a professional’s words. Sudeep Sen: Selected Conversations and Interviews is a collection of interviews
In the works of all great poets, we find inevitable references of their private lives with that of what goes on around them—the people, nature, events, and society in general, shares the space with the emotional capacities of the poet. Bibhas Roy Choudhury is one such poet, who with a sense of great duty, upholds this
Calcutta Crow and other fragments by Brinda Bose is a telling book of poems, which reflects the melancholia of returning to one’s roots, especially when the arrival of death marks the return. In this chapbook, the reader finds glimpses of a gripping nostalgia that does not resemble popular notions; the private emotional spaces direct it, however.
Throughout the book, the
