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Selected Assamese Poetry Volume II

Translator: Surajit Borooah Pages: 152 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 400 ISBN: 978-93-5045-183-0 (9789350451830) About the Translator Born in 1945, Surajit Borooah, besides being a sportsperson of eminence in the 1960s and 1970s, was a well-known broadcaster of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He retired as a Professor of English from Arya Vidyapeeth College in 2006. He was the president of North East India Forum for English Studies and the vice-president of North East Writers’ Forum. He is an avid photographer and was […]

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By the Brahmaputra and Other Poems

Author: Srutimala Duara Pages: 72 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-184-7 (9789350451847) About the Author Srutimala Duara is a writer, an academician and a media person. Her books in English include three novels, three collections of short stories, two books of poems, and a book on the city of Guwahati. Her books in Assamese include six story books for young children, a collection of short stories and two novels. She was a columnist writing under the heading “Chitra Bichitra” in the […]

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Chairman Mao Didn’t Brush and Other Poems

Author: Michael Chacko Daniels Illustrators: Aaron Bass and Krittika Ramanujan Pages: 212 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 400 / $ 25 ISBN: 978-93-5045-182-3 (9789350451823) About the Author Michael Chacko Daniels lives and writes in San Francisco. He grew up in Bombay, where he attended St. Michael’s High School, Wilson College, and University of Bombay’s Department of Economics. He has a master’s from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. His adventures in the United States include five years as a Volunteer In Service To America […]

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Beyond Words

Author: Parneet Jaggi Pages: 60 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-181-6 (9789350451816) About the Author Parneet Jaggi is a lecturer in English in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Her first collection of poems, Euphonies of Heart and Soul, was published by Cyberwit, Allahabad, in 2013. Her second collection, Live Love Light, was published by Writers Workshop, India, in 2014. 25 of her poems were included in the anthology of contemporary English poets, Wordwine, launched by Delhi Poetree in 2015. Her third collection, Show Me How Not […]

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In the Hour of Sky

Author: Arijit Roy Pages: 128 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-180-9 (9789350451809) About the Author Arijit Roy is a student of English (Honours) at Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. He is a poet/writer by passion and a footballer by spirit, a die-hard Argentina and Messi fan. He heads Petrichor, a creative writing club which he started, and blogs by the name of magicrealistboy. Teaser Red Heart I feel the problem is, that I feel I feel for you I feel for me I […]

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The Mahabharata Katha Series

The Mahabharata of Vyasa is a cornucopious treasure house of stories. These 11 books are a series of kathās from the mahā-epic, in the śloka-by-śloka English transcreation by P. Lal. Each volume carries a brief synopsis of the tale and information about its protagonists. Eight of the volumes have introductions by Dr Pradip Bhattacharya, two by Prema Nandakumar and one by A. Harindranath which discuss their symbolism, myth and metaphoric interpretation. Our Kathās explore, through Vyasa’s imagination and itihāsa-retelling, the riches […]

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Earth by the Edges

Author: Devina Kapahi Pages: 64 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-178-6 (9789350451786) About the Author Devina Kapahi was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She received her MA in English literature from Canning College, Lucknow University, and a Ph.D. from Lucknow University. Her special areas of interest are poetry, fiction and children’s literature. Teaser Grief I watch an orange beetle, orange as lipstick, smooth powdered wings, slick navy-tipped beetle, on the green lime leaf; butterflies, painted lady, tiger and anonymous tiny lemon-yellow, swing […]

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Shattering Leaves

Author: Tapankumar Bandyopadhyay Pages: 44 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-176-2 (9789350451762) About the Author Tapankumar Bandyopadhyay was born in 1948 in Suri (Birbhum, West Bengal). He works as an income tax consultant but writing poetry is his passion. His books in English include Glimpses of Ordinance (published by Writers Workshop, India) and Selected Poems, translated into English by Professor Kabirul Islam. His other publications are in Bengali, such as Niramish Abhiman, Dhwani Pratidhwani, Nirjan Alap and Khalash. He lives both in Suri and […]

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Blank Shots

Author: Shyamala Nair Pages: 64 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-177-9 (9789350451779) About the Author After teaching English for more than thirty years, Shyamala Nair retired as Principal of Lady Amritbai Daga College for Women, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Her articles and poems have appeared in journals and anthologies. Her first collection of poetry, A Side of the Sun, was published by Writers Workshop, India, in 1997. Teaser Requiem Why do you take to the deserts Now, when we need you? You say your rooms […]

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Half Moon

Author: Reshma Ramesh Pages: 88 Year of Publication: 2018 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-175-5 (9789350451755) About the Author Reshma Ramesh’s first collection of poetry, Reflections of Illusions, published by Writers Workshop, India, in 2009, was presented in the International Read and Share Conference attended by Asian countries and Pulara 8 in Malaysia in April 2017. She is a Fellow of the Regal World of Scribes, member of the World Congress of Poets, and has presented her poetry in the 37th World Congress of Poetry, 2017 (Mongolia), […]

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