UNDERGROUND
FLOWERS
Vol: 2 Issue:3
July-September 2015
Our Contributors
David Alexander's new poetry collection is titled Talk Like BKLYN.
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Indo-American poet, writer, filmmaker and actor is based in the United States.
She won the “Bihar Rajbhasha Award” (1986-87) given by the government of Bihar, India, for her first poetry collection“Chand Ka Paivand” (Patch of Moon) and was given the title of ‘Bihar Shri’ (Jewel
of Bihar) in 1988. She also received the “Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award” in 2014 for her
contributions to literature and cinema.The poems included here appear in her collections “Tafteesh Jari Hai” (The Investigation Continues) . Website : www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com.
Kinga Fabo' is an accomplished Hungarian poet. Her recent poetry collection 'Racun' (Poison') has been well received and translated into languages world wide .
Probal Mazumdar from Odisha, India, won the first prize in the recent All India Poetry competitions.
His poems have appeared in Wasafiri UK, Chandrabhaga, among others.
Vihang A. Naik Gujarat, India, is a bilingual poet. His work includes 'Poetry Manifesto'' and 'City Times'.
His literary info can be found at www.vihang.org.
Jaydeep Kaur Menon has published four poetry collections. She won the Charles Wallace Scholarship, UK,
and read her poems at the Poetry Festival, Cambridge, UK. She is a police officer and heads the Department
in the capacity of Director General. She lives in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
Triveni C. Mysore sees herself as an occasional writer of verse.
Sharmila Ray
Sharmila Ray has authored six books of poetry- Her poems are available in a CD- Hello. She edited Poetry And Art
, a journal of art and poetry (1992-1998),The Journal (2012-13), and journal of the Poetry Society of India. She was
also on the board of juries for All India Poetry Competition organized by Poetry Society of India and Ministry
of Human Resources, Govt. Of India.
Satish Verma
Satish Verma taught Botany for 35 years while also writing poetry, privately and solemnly .
He has published twelve collections. He can be reached at kantasatish@gmail.com.
Witty Fay compels us with her portrayals of the urgencies of love. Her bio is awaited.
