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Selected Poems

Author: Susmita Bhattacharya Pages: 148 Year of Publication: First published 1999, Revised and enlarged second edition 2010, Revised and enlarged third edition 2017 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-166-3 (9789350451663) About the Author: Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Calcutta in 1947. She received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Poona University in 1975. Dr. Bhattacharya has written several poetry collections. Her Bengali volumes include Karir Pahar Harer Pahar and Purushottamer Sange Pancham Sakshatkar. Her English volumes, in translation, comprise Lost Atlantis and Other Poems (Writers Workshop, India, 1995) and Dark (Sanbun, Delhi, 2004). Apart from […]

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The Silent Sonata

Author: Subir Chakraborty Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-173-1 (9789350451731) About the Author: This is Subir Chakraborty’s third anthology, the earlier two, The Unspoken Word and Symphony for the Soul, published by Writers Workshop, India, as well. He resides in Kolkata and leads a busy professional life as a senior executive in the corporate world, while continuing to write whenever he gets the time, mostly in long-distance transcontinental flights and at airport lounges across the world. In his own words, he writes because every now […]

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Cud on a Plate

Author: Bivin A. Peter (Athi) Pages: 88 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-172-4 (9789350451724) About the Author: Bivin A. Peter prefers to use the pen name Athi, which was given to him by his late friend, Abhayan. He describes this collection as “partly digested thoughts pressed upon a paper which are going to be chewed on further from this book by all those who read it, hence the title Cud on a Plate.” Teaser: Corporate Indian-American What’s Indian about this man? […]

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I Know the Truth of a Broken Mirror

Author: Anindita Bose Pages: 64 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-171-7 (9789350451717) About the Author: Born and brought up in Kolkata, Anindita Bose’s work draws inspiration from her city. Her poems and short stories have been published in various national and international, online and offline magazines and anthologies. Her first book, The Virtual Reality (2016), was a collaborative endeavour, co-written with seven other poets from all over India. When not writing she is closely involved in the activities of a poetry group […]