Author: Adwaita Das Pages: 72 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 100 ISBN: 978-93-5045-061-1 (9789350450611) About the Author Adwaita Das was born in 1984 in Calcutta. She graduated in English from Jadavpur University. While in college, she started a theatre group called Stage-Addict which mainly performed original plays in English. She won the Shyamanand Jalan National Award 2013 for her play Chhayankaner Janya. Adwaita has worked in news, entertainment, advertising and film media, being, as she says, rather confused about […]

Author: Minoo Vania Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-060-4 (9789350450604) About the Author Air Commodore Minoo Vania is a retired Indian Air Force officer settled at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Teaser Crimson Snow A few jagged rocks Struggle to stay above The unrelenting mantle of snow It is there the soldier seeks Shelter from enemy bullets That whine past him. What am I doing, he thinks, In this moonscaped land Desperately trying to Cling to life […]

Author: Riddhi Kapoor Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-050-5 (9789350450505) About the Author Riddhi Kapoor describes herself as a “media professional by day and a rather pensive poet at night (who) oscillates between being naively idealistic to heart-breakingly cynical.” When she’s not writing, “she spends her time dreaming about all the food she wants to eat but can’t cook”. Teaser My Side View Move along Will you now? While I move aside, Slowly, subtly, But […]

Description: Author: Nileen Putatunda Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-054-3 (9789350450543) About the Author: Nileen Putatunda was born in 1978 in Calcutta. He did most of his schooling in St. Mary’s School in Bombay. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, in 2000 and worked for some time in the social development sector. Six books of his spiritual poetry have been published by Writers Workshop, India between 2006 and 2011. His books have been reviewed […]

Description: Author: Suvankar Ghosh Roy Chowdhury Pages: 52 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 100 ISBN: 978-93-5045-055-0 (9789350450550) About the Author: Suvankar Ghosh Roy Chowdhury was born in Kolkata where he completed his graduation and post-graduation in English from Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur and the University of Calcutta respectively. At present, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. Suvankar is the co-editor of the Bengali little magazine, Chhayanat. His interests include travel […]

Description: Author: Bharat Bakshi Pages: 32 Year of Publication: First published 1981, second edition 2013 Price: Rs 50 ISBN: 978-93-5045-063-5 (9789350450635) About the Author: Bharat Bakshi was born in Kashmir in 1966, the youngest of four children. He was 15 years old when this book was first published and it marked the first time his works had appeared in print. Teaser: The Pine Tree I see a pine tree, a lofty pine tree, set high into the sky; whenever I […]

Description: Author: Debasish Lahiri Pages: 132 Year of Publication: 2012 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-033-8 (9789350450338) About the Author: Debasish Lahiri teaches English Literature at Lal Baba College. He lives and works in Kolkata. Teaser: The Body’s Second Coming I Many centuries slept When you slept, With eyes turned inwards, Enjoying vignettes of your body’s history. Meanwhile the world Hid its ashes Till I found them one day: Skeletons of flowers; The mystery of moths That killed themselves In one […]