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Shouting at the Dead

Author: Abdul Jamil Urfi Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 350 ISBN: 978-81-968192-2-4 (9788196819224) About the Author Abdul Jamil Urfi has been writing since his college days. Although a firm believer in the philosophy that poetry can only be written in one’s native language, he nevertheless started writing poetry in English, some of which he managed to get published in journals like Skylark, Vayavya, Borderless Journal and New Asian Writing. During the Covid lockdown he collected all his […]

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Murmures du vent qui emprunte

Author: Meera Chakravorty Translator: Moussa Traoré Pages: 44 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 200 / € 7 ISBN: 978-81-968192-4-8 (9788196819248) About the Author Meera Chakravorty is a research faculty member in the Department of Cultural Studies, Jain University, Bengaluru, India. She has translated into Kannada Bengali novels that won Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) awards, like Manoj Basu’s Nishikutumba and Amiyabhushan Majumdar’s Rajnagar, as well as a collection of Jibanananda Das’s poetry and Saonli Mitra’s play Nathavati Anathavat. She translated into Bengali a […]

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In Which Language Do I Remember You?

Author: Shruti Sonal Pages: 64 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-968192-7-9 (9788196819279) About the Author Shruti Sonal is a Delhi-based writer, poet and journalist who loves to tell stories in all their forms. On Instagram, she can be found writing about movies, rainy days, and struggling to take care of plants. In real life, she is usually seen staring into the distance with a cup of tea. Her poetry has been published in various anthologies, including Terribly […]

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Even Birds Go Home

Author: Purabi Bhattacharya Pages: 128 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 500 ISBN: 978-81-961291-7-0 (9788196129170) About the Author Purabi Bhattacharya writes from the granular ground of Gujarat, guardianed by the prickly cacti and hot air, pining for the rains, the pine fragrance and the undulant Khasi hills of Shillong where she was born. The serenity, simplicity and serendipity of the serpentine alleys that saw her growing up seeped into the very core of her being. So much so, even two […]

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Endless Love

Author: Nileen Putatunda Pages: 68 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-961291-9-4 (9788196129194) About the Author Nileen Putatunda was born in 1978. He went to St Mary’s School (ISC), Bombay, and St James’ School, Calcutta, graduating from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, in 2000. He has worked in social development. Before this, eleven books of his spiritual poetry were published by Writers Workshop. Nileen’s poem books have been reviewed in Prabuddha Bharata, The Vedanta Kesari, Samvit, The Advent, The Journal of […]

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Graffiti of Dreams

Author: Mohammad Zahid Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-961291-8-7 (9788196129187) About the Author Mohammad Zahid is an award winning poet and translator from Kashmir, India. His poetry has appeared in many Indian and international journals. He is a translation editor for Kashmiri at Muse India and Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts. He has translated few major works of Kashmiri Literature published by the Academy of Art Culture & Languages, Jammu & Kashmir and Sahitya […]

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The Mahābhārata of Vyāsa ~ Book XIII The Anuśāsana Parva

Translator: Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 1256 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 3000 ISBN: 978-81-961291-3-2 (9788196129132) About the Book In 1968, Prof. P. Lal began his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of the full Mahābhārata. After his passing in 2010, his student Pradip Bhattacharya took up the Parvas left unfinished. The last volume, the Anuśāsana Parva, has come out in October. It completes the 18-volume set, which has two distinguishing features: it is the only English translation that incorporates all the variations in Sanskrit editions, including […]

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The Morning Twilight

Author: Chandni Kapur Pages: 64 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 250 ISBN: 978-81-961291-5-6 (9788196129156) About the Author Chandni Kapur is the author of nine books, Reflections (1992), Lurking Shadows (1997), Embers, Ash & Dust (1999), Karma (2001), The Looking Glass (2004), The Other Face (2009), Timeless Interludes (2013), Of Nooks and Cloisters (2019), and A White Rainbow (2021). An MBA and a Certified Executive and Life Coach with more than two decades of experience across diverse geographies, she currently lives […]

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Singing in Mariupol

Author: Joe Winter Pages: 88 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 400 ISBN: 978-81-961291-6-3 (9788196129163) About the Author Joe Winter was born in 1943. He took up poetry at university where he studied Latin and Greek and English Literature. From 1967 to 1993 he taught English in London comprehensive schools, and in 1994 moved to Kolkata where he taught part-time before returning to England in 2006. In Kolkata he wrote a number of articles for The Statesman and other journals on […]

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‘When the Flowers Begin to Speak’ Wins WE Award

We are pleased to announce that Sonali Pattnaik’s book, When the Flowers Begin to Speak, published in 2021 by Writers Workshop, has received the inaugural WE Illumination Award 2023 and WE Scrolls of Honour 2023, jointly conferred by the WE Literary community. Congratulations, Ms Pattnaik!

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