Vol: 1 Issue 1
November 2014
Bibhu Padhi has nine books of poems to his credit.His poems have appeared in distinguished magazines throughout the English-speaking world. They have been included in numerous anthologies, the most recent The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry. He lives in Bhubaneswar
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Our Contributors
Murali Sivaramakrishnan is a poet, painter and bird watcher. He was Professor and Head, and former Chair, Pondicherry University, Puthucherry.
Meherein Roshanara writes in English and malayalam. . Her poems have appeared in ' The Heart only Whispers ', Kaikudannayilae Kadal (Haikus in English & Malayalam), and Roots & Wings- An anthology of Indian Women Writing in English.Her poems deserve to be much better known. She shuttles between Hyderabad and Trivandrum.
Keshav Malik (1924-2014) co-founded The Poetry Society, India. He was the editor of the influential Delhi based 'Thought'. He has authored more than eighteen books of poetry. The poems included here were sent in shortly before his passing away. He was awarded the Padmashree in 1991.
Prabhanjan K Mishra is a poet, translator, and story writer. He retired from the Indian Revenue Service. He served as president of ‘POETRY CIRCLE, BOMBAY’, and was the editor of ‘POIESIS’(1986-96) He hails from Orissa. His translations from Oriya appear in ' Eating God', an anthology of Bhakti poetry,Penguin, India.
Kuldeep. K Srivastava is currently Principal Accountant General Kerala. He has three poetry collections-Ineluctable Stillness , An Armless Hand Writes, and Shadows of the Real . He also reviews for The Pioneer, Kitaab and Bureaucracy Today. The Hindi translation of his selected poems is being published by Vani Prakashan, New Delhi. His book of poems The Diary is expected shortly.
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Tapan Kumar Pradhan, is presently Additional Secretary, Finance with the Government of Odisha. He has won prizes for his poetry from the Sahitya Akadem, New Delhi, and the All India Poetry Society. The Poem
' The Buddha Smiled' was a commendation Prize winner, in the AIPC Competitions, 2013.