BIO Born in Alappuzha, encircled by the backwaters of Kerala, Sudheer Raj’s parents were teachers. He joined the Indian Air Force at a tender age of 17 without completing his studies. He had started writing at the age of 10, but stopped it completely during his twenty years of military service. He took retirement at…
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
BIO Distinguished Hindi poet, writer and critic Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari was born in Devaria district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on June 20th. He is the president of “Kendriya Sahitya Academy”, one of the highest literary institutions of India. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari is also the editor of “Dastavez”. He has been a professor and the head…
Sophia Naz
BIO: 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee, Sophia Naz has published in numerous literary journals. Her poetry collections are Peripheries, Pointillism and Date Palms. She is Poetry Editor and columnist at The Sunflower Collective and editor of City, a Quarterly of South Asian Literature. Links to published works are at her site: www.trancelucence.net . Mull (for…
Ram Krishna Singh
BIO Ram Krishna Singh, born, brought up and educated in Varanasi, India, is a university professor with active interest in poetry and English language teaching. He has authored more than 160 research articles, 170 book reviews and 39 books. His recent books are – a tanka-haiku collection God Too Awaits Light (2017) and Writing, Editing and…
Farah Siddiqui Matin: Translated by Farah Siddiqui Matin
BIO Poet Farah Siddiqui Matin, a Ph.D from the University of Allahabad. Born and brought up in Allahabad, she currently resides in Ireland. She started to write poems in January 2014 and published her first book “The Bliss of Solitude” in May 2014. She is also the author of “Like I Born in Venus” (2015)…
Kedarnath Singh: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
BIO Kedarnath Singh is a prominent Hindi poet, critic and essayist. He was born in Balia district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on July 7th, 1934. He obtained Masters and Ph.D degree from Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya and taught Hindi at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He received India’s highest literary honor Jananpith Award in 2014 for…
Nalini Priyadarshni
BIO Nalini Priyadarshni is a prominent Indian poet writing in English and widely published in India and world over in numerous literary magazines and journals. Her eclectic tastes reflect in her poems, widely anthologized and collected in Doppleganger in My House and Lines Across Oceans which she co-authored with Poet Laureate, late D. Russel Micnhimer….
Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy
BIO Having explored the worlds of banking and urban governance in senior positions, Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy is currently the Hon. Lit. Advisor of The Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati (CCVA). She has curated 4 International Multilingual Poetry Anthologies. The latest Amaravati Poetic Prism 2017 has 948 poems in 85 languages contributed by about 500 poets…
Sukrita Paul Kumar
BIO Sukrita Paul Kumar, a well-known poet and critic in English was born and brought up in Kenya and is at present living in Delhi. She held the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi, till recently. An Honorary Fellow of International Writing Programme, University of Iowa (USA) and a former Fellow of…
Namarita Kathait
BIO Namarita Kathait is a poet at heart who enjoys spoken word poetry on stage and healing through it. She has done masters in Creative Writing from the University of Westminster and English Literature from the University of Delhi. Being co-founder of a charity trust named Bhor, her poems deal with mental health, sense of…
Abhay K.
BIO Abhay K. is a poet and editor. He has published six collection of poems including The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu (The Onslaught Press, UK) and The Seduction of Delhi (Bloomsbury). He is the editor of CAPITALS (Bloomsbury) and 100 Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury). He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013. His Earth Anthem…
Anjana Deshpande
BIO Anjana Deshpande is a psychotherapist and an occasional poet. In both roles she uses the power of writing for healing, recovery and growth. A trained poetry and journal therapist, she uses writing as a way to manage distress and empower clients to self soothe. As a poet, she uses writing to connect to her…