Adil Jehangir Jussawalla (born 8 April 1940,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

) is an Indian poet, magazine editor and translator. He has written two books of poetry, 'Land's End' and 'Missing Person'. 'Sea Breeze Bombay' is a fine, city poem by this poet. It is actually a response to the historical incident of partition in the year 1947 according to the poet, Bombay is a 'Surrogate City'. It provided shelter to numerous refugees after partition, during which there were many riots in India. Thousands of people were killed and many became homeless. The city Bombay acted as a substitute or surrogate mother to all refugees. In the poem 'Sea Breeze Bombay' the poet presents a picture of the suffering of the refugees. These people from the north got relief in the worst heat. In the city many communities were reformed. In the hot sun a cool breeze gives pleasant, soothing experience. In the same way, the city Bombay also provided pleasant experience to all the refugees.

Biography

He was born to a

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family
"Adil Jussawalla: The Missing Man of Indian Poetry in English" by Bijay Kant Dubey @ Boloji.com and completed his primary education at the

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from 1957–58. Later, he studied at

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, receiving his M.A. in 1964.Brief biography
Encyclopedia.com He worked briefly as a substitute teacher for the

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, then became a language teacher at the EF International Language Centre; a post he held until 1969. He then returned to Mumbai, where he taught at several colleges, becoming a lecturer in English language and literature at St. Xavier's College in 1972. He was an Honorary Fellow of the

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at the

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in 1976. After that, he focused on journalism, serving as the book review editor at ''

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'' from 1980–81 and literary editor for ''The Express Magazine'' from 1980–82. In 1987, he became the literary editor for ''

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'', a magazine originally modeled after ''

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''. In 1989, he was promoted to editor and served in that position for several years, after which he returned to his writing career. He has also translated several works by

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh (born 16 February 1937) is a painter, poet and art critic from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1983 and Padmabhushan in 2014 for his contribution in field of art. Early life Sheikh was born on 16 Februa ...

. Together with

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is an Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator. Biography Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore in 1947. He has published six collections of poetry in English and two of translati ...

Arun Kolatkar Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar ( Marathi: अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर) (1 November 1932 – 25 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems found humour in everyday matters. Kolatkar ...

and

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, he helped create "Clearing House", a poet's publishing co-operative. In 2014, he was presented with the

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for his book of poetry, ''Trying to Say Goodbye''.

Selected works

* ''Trying to Say Goodbye'', Almost Island Books, 2011 * ''The Right Kind of Dog'', Duckbill Books, 2013 * ''Maps for a Mortal Moon: Essays and Entertainments'' (edited by

Jerry Pinto Jerry Pinto (born 1966) is a Mumbai-based Indian English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, as well as journalist. Pinto's works include '' Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb'' (2006), which won the Best Book on Cinema Award at ...

), Aleph Books, 2014 * ''I Dreamt a Horse Fell From the Sky'', a collection of poetry and prose, Hachette, 2015

Appearances in the following poetry Anthologies

* ''The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' (1992) ed. by

and published by

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* ''The Golden Treasure of

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Poetry'' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by

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Interviews

An interview with Jussawalla
by Sohini Das Gupta @ ''

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An appreciation of Jussawalla
by Bijay Kant Dubey @ the Literarism blog

Almost Island journal.

References

External links

by Adil Jussawalla @ ''

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