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The Poetry Society (India)
The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets Keshav Malik, J P Das, H K Kaul and Lakshmi Kannan. The Society conducts seminars, creative writing workshops, reading and publication of poetry journal and anthologies. It also conducts All India Poetry Competitions, including competitions among school children. The Journal of the Poetry Society The Poetry Society also publishes a half yearly ''Poetry Journal''. It was started in 1990 and it publishes the best of Indian poetry written in English, including those translated from Indian languages. The journal also publishes book reviews and literary criticism. The society has been conducting all Indian poetry competition among school children. All India Poetry Competition SInce 1988, The Poetry Society (India) has been conducting All India Poetry Competitions in collabor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with both the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part of the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighbouring states, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The foundation stone of New Delhi was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabish Khair
Tabish Khair is an Indian English author and associate professor in the Department of English, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His books include ''Babu Fictions'' (2001), ''The Bus Stopped'' (2004), which was shortlisted for the Encore Award (UK) and ''The Thing About Thugs'' (2010), which has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Man Asian Literary Prize. His poem '' Birds of North Europe'' won first prize in the sixth Poetry Society All India Poetry Competition held in 1995. In 2022, he published a new Sci Fi novel, '' he Body by the Shore'. Biography Born and educated mostly in Gaya, India, Khair has received honours and awards including first prize in the sixth Poetry Society (India) Competition held in 1995, an honorary fellowship for creative writing from the Baptist University of Hong Kong, fellowships at New Delhi's universities and a by-fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK. He is curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Letter From Another Father To Another Son
The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets Keshav Malik, J P Das, H K Kaul and Lakshmi Kannan. The Society conducts seminars, creative writing workshops, reading and publication of poetry journal and anthologies. It also conducts All India Poetry Competitions, including competitions among school children. The Journal of the Poetry Society The Poetry Society also publishes a half yearly ''Poetry Journal''. It was started in 1990 and it publishes the best of Indian poetry written in English, including those translated from Indian languages. The journal also publishes book reviews and literary criticism. The society has been conducting all Indian poetry competition among school children. All India Poetry Competition SInce 1988, The Poetry Society (India) has been conducting All India Poetry Competitions in collabor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew John
The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets Keshav Malik, J P Das, H K Kaul and Lakshmi Kannan. The Society conducts seminars, creative writing workshops, reading and publication of poetry journal and anthologies. It also conducts All India Poetry Competitions, including competitions among school children. The Journal of the Poetry Society The Poetry Society also publishes a half yearly ''Poetry Journal''. It was started in 1990 and it publishes the best of Indian poetry written in English, including those translated from Indian languages. The journal also publishes book reviews and literary criticism. The society has been conducting all Indian poetry competition among school children. All India Poetry Competition SInce 1988, The Poetry Society (India) has been conducting All India Poetry Competitions in collabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Would Know You Anywhere
"I Would Know You Anywhere" is an Indian poem on the popular Hindu god Ganesha by the Indian English poet Revathy Gopal. The poem won Second Prize in the Ninth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 2000. This was the second major literary award for Revathy, who had also won second prize in the eighth All India Poetry Competition. Excerpts from the poem :I would know you anywhere :even as a line drawing, :with only a suggestion :of broken tusk. :A mischievous arc :of belly and trunk; :minimalist. ::: ***** :I know you in stone :and wood. Terracotta :is fine; once in someone’s :living room, :I saw you made in jade :with the light trapped inside. ::: ***** :In shops sometimes. :they seal you in plastic. :Even on a crowded, noisy street :you make :an area of stillness :around you. ::: ***** :I stand in a trance :watching the dance. :One leg lifted high, :or in the indolence :after sleep, :balancing your elephantine :head in your hand. :Renegad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Hypocrisy And Cheekbones
"Of Hypocrisy and Cheekbones" is an Indian poem by the Indian English writer and translator Shahnaz Habib. The poem won First Prize in the Ninth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 2000. Excerpts from the poem :Sometimes you see a man :With such irresistible cheekbones :You feel an urge to raise your hand :And touch them :Simply to know how they feel :To your skin. :And then he looks full in your face :And dazzles you with a reckless, innocent smile, :Not of invitation, merely inviting. :And then, :All those years of prudent upbringing, :Your religion, your values, :The stern concern of your father :The hushed chiding of your mother, :The sour wisdom of generations :The hardened core of civilisations :Rise in indignation within you :And quash the cave-woman :Mercilessly :So that you give him :A grim, ladylike glare :And turn your face away in disgust. ::: ***** :And then, :The next day you take care :Without really thinking why, :Not to get i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahnaz Habib
Shahnaz Habib is an Indian essayist, fiction writer, travel writer, and translator based in the United States of America. She teaches writing at Bay Path University and The New School, and works as a consultant for the United Nations. In 2018, she received the JCB Prize for Literature. Biography Habib grew up in Kerala, South India and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Her poem ''Of Hypocrisy and Cheekbones'' won the First Prize in the Ninth ''National Poetry Competition'' in 2000 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with British Council. Her short story "Something Special About Sayyida" was selected for the anthology ''21 under 40.'' Her essays, travel writing, and criticism have appeared in ''The Guardian'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Afar'', the anthology ''Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers'', and many other publications. Her work has twice been named to the Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction list by the '' Best American Essays'' seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick
"In Santacruz, Diagnosed Home Sick" is a poem by the Indian English poet and novelist K Srilata. The poem won First Prize in the Eighth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1998. This was the first major literary award for Srilata, who subsequently won the Unison British Council Award and Charles Wallace Fellowship for Poetry. Excerpts from the poem :At the gift shop by the wharf :I bought an indigo octopus :all arms... :I, a newcomer to this :out-of-the-way white-hippie town :settle into the sea. ::: ***** :My two-month hostility melts :even as I see what divides me from home :more clearly than I did from my airless plane. :The sea knows ways of connecting too, :fluidly hugging, :in long-armed benevolence, :the puzzle-edges of vast continents. Comments and criticism The poem has received critical acclaim since its first publication in 1998 in the book ''Emerging Voices'' and has since been widely anthologised. The poem has been frequently qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Srilata
K. Srilata (also known as Srilata Krishnan) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and academic based in Chennai. Her poem, ''In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick'' won the First Prize in the All India Poetry Competition (organized by the British Council and The Poetry Society (India)) in 1998. She has also been awarded the Unisun British Council Poetry Award (2007) and the Charles Wallace fellowship for a writing residency (2010). Her debut novel ''Table for Four'' was long-listed in 2009 for the Man Asian Literary Prize and released in 2011. Career Her first book of poems, ''Seablue Child'', was published in 2000, followed by ''Arriving Shortly'' (2011). Other poetry collections are ''Writing Octopus'' (2013) and ''Bookmarking the Oasis'' (2015). She also translated from Tamil to English two millennia worth of poetry titled ''Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry'' - along with Lakshmi Holmstrom and Subashree Krishnaswamy. Her other work includes a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digging
Digging, also referred to as excavation, is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, manual tools or heavy equipment, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil, sand or rock on the surface of Earth. Digging is actually the combination of two processes, the first being the breaking or cutting of the surface, and the second being the removal and relocation of the material found there.Carl Dreher,The Right Way to Dig, ''Popular Science'' (March 1957), p. 179. In a simple digging situation, this may be accomplished in a single motion, with the digging implement being used to break the surface and immediately fling the material away from the hole or other structure being dug. Many kinds of animals engage in digging, either as part of burrowing behavior or to search for food or water under the surface of the ground.Zen Faulkes,Morphological Adaptations for Digging and Burrowing (2013), p. 276-295. Historically, humans have engaged in digging for both of thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Lady (poem)
"Portrait of a Lady" is a poem by the Indian English poet and art critic Ranjit Hoskote. The poem won First Prize in the Seventh All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1995. The poem brought the second major literary award for Hoskote, who also won the Sanskriti Award for Literature in 1996 and the Sahitya Akademi ''Golden Jubilee'' Award for lifetime achievement in 2005. Excerpts from the poem :Objects are lesson: from bowls, hairpins, brooches, :you learn of forgotten lives. The stories say :my grandmother was a fever tree: :two birds sat on her branches, one pecking :at a grape, the other singing an aria. ::: ***** :What history's bookkeepers do not show :is the tremor down the spine she felt, :the tendril of blood that coiled in her nose :when the whistle of a train announced :her husband's return from a tour of duty. ::: ***** :In the stories, she's an actor, a pilgrim: :shadow-boxing with a thunderstorm, :she slips through brick walls, :tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Hoskote
Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) is an Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator. He has been honoured by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, with the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation. In 2022, Hoskote received the 7th JLF-Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award for Poetry. Early life and education Ranjit Hoskote was born in Mumbai and educated at the Bombay Scottish School, Elphinstone College, where he studied for a BA in Politics, and later at University of Bombay, from where he obtained an MA degree in English Literature and Aesthetics. Career As poet Hoskote began to publish his work during the early 1990s. He is the author of several collections of poetry including ''Zones of Assault'', ''The Cartographer's Apprentice'', ''Central Time'', ''Jonahwhale'', ''The Sleepwalker's Archive'' and ''Vanishing Acts: New & Selected Poems 1985–2005''. Hoskote has been seen as extending the Angloph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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