Chitra Kalyani — Excerpt: A series of poems trace the body—breasts and spine, eye and tooth—reconciling it with its nature: physical, biological, mortal.
Alka Balain — Excerpt: The Hour of God opens with a sacred invocation to wholeness from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and this invocation sets the tone of the collection.
Poetry doesn’t wait for life—it was right there with me, battling alongside me through a tenuous and vulnerable time. And I’m grateful for that.
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad — Excerpt: Saraswati’s debut collection introduces a distinct sensibility that glides smoothly between the personal and the mythic, giving adequate scale and weight to both dimensions.
Nina Miller — Excerpt: Dasgupta invites us into his world, introduces us to the food, the scents, the language, the music, and generously lets us linger long past the crickets have gone to sleep.