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Shanta Acharya

Shanta Acharya’s latest poetry collections are What Survives Is The Singing (UK, 2020), Imagine: New and Selected Poems (India, 2017), Dreams That Spell The Light (UK, 2010). Her doctoral study, The Influence of Indian Thought on Ralph Waldo Emerson, was published in the USA in 2001 and her novel, A World Elsewhere, in 2015. Born and educated in Cuttack, India, she won a scholarship to Oxford, where she was among the first batch of women admitted to Worcester College. Awarded the Doctor of Philosophy for her work on Ralph Waldo Emerson, she was a visiting scholar at Harvard University before moving to live and work in London. The author of twelve books, her poems, articles, and reviews have featured in various publications. She served twice on the board of trustees of The Poetry Society as well as The Poetry School in the UK. Founder of Poetry in the House, Shanta hosted a series of monthly poetry readings at Lauderdale House, London, from 1996-2015. Her poems have been translated into several languages. www.shanta-acharya.com

Bashabi Fraser, CBE

Bashabi Fraser
Bashabi Fraser is Professor Emerita, and a former Professor of English and Creative Writing. She is the co-founder and Director of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies and Chief Editor of the academic and creative e-journal, Gitanjali and Beyond. Bashabi is also a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Dundee and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of From the Ganga to the Tay, an epic poem.

Yogesh Patel

Yogesh Patel

Yogesh Patel received an MBE for literature. Patel’s last collection of poems, The Rapids, was published by The London Magazine in 2021. Internationally celebrated, he edits Skylark and runs Skylark Publications UK, as well as a non-profit Word Masala project to promote literature. Honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, he has LP records, films, radio, a children’s book, fiction and non-fiction books, and three poetry collections to his credit. A recipient of many awards, Patel was Poet-of-Honor at New York University in April 2019. Among the many venues he has read in, are the House of Lords and the National Poetry Library. Patel’s poem is also scheduled for the moon aboard a NASA/SpaceX rocket to be archived in a time capsule as part of humanity’s cultural record on the moon’s Southern Hemisphere.

His writing has appeared in many major literary journals, including PN Review, The London Magazine, Asia Literary Review, Under the Radar, Shearsman, IOTA, Envoi, Understanding, Orbis, The Book Review, and Confluence. He has also appeared on BBC TV and Radio, and in newspapers and magazines. Patel’s work also features in The National Curriculum anthology, MacMillan, Sahitya Akademi, and about fifteen other anthologies across the world. Having written columns and articles for numerous broadsheets and literary journals, he is currently an editor at Ars Notoria and writes regular columns for Confluence.

 

By profession, Patel is a qualified optometrist and an accountant. Author’s Websites are: www.patelyogesh.co.uk and www.skylarkpublications.co.uk

Paul Brookes

Paul Brookes
Paul Brookes is a shop asst. Lives in a cat house full of teddy bears. First play performed at The Gulbenkian Theatre, Hull. His chapbooks include The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley, (Dearne Community Arts, 1993). A World Where and She Needs That Edge (Nixes Mate Press, 2017, 2018) The Spermbot Blues (OpPRESS, 2017), Please Take Change (Cyberwit.net, 2018), As Folk Over Yonder (Afterworld Books, 2019). He is Editor of Wombwell Rainbow Interviews, book reviews and challenges. Had work broadcast on BBC Radio 3 The Verb and, videos of his Self Isolation sonnet sequence featured by Barnsley Museums and Hear My Voice Barnsley. He also does photography commissions. Most recent is a poetry collaboration with artworker Jane Cornwell: "Wonderland in Alice, plus other ways of seeing", (JCStudio Press, 2021) , sonnet collections: "As Folktaleteller" (ImpSpired, 2022), forthcoming "These Random Acts of Wildness, (Glass Head Press, 2022)

Andy Conner

Andy Conner is a Birmingham, UK-based poet and educator, with a long track record of performing his work nationally and internationally.

His credits include BBC Radio 4, Jaipur Literature Festival and India International Centre.

A highly dramatic and visual performer, Andy’s work ranges from the humorous to the very dark. Many of his poems are for young people.

Some of Andy’s poems have been written to help children of all ages deal with issues such as bullying and domestic violence. Recently, Andy has also worked in British schools, conducting workshops for National Refugee Week.

A compelling live performer, Andy is known for his close rapport with his audiences and can be relied upon to deliver a memorable show with humour and intensity.

Website: https://andyconner.com/

Andy Conner-Appearances Include

UK

  • BBC Radio 4 ‘Poetry Please’
  • Cheltenham Literature Festival
  • Ledbury Festival
  • Warwick Words Festival
  • Poetry Caf├й, London
  • Radio Wildfire
  • Shout LGBTQ Arts Festival, Birmingham
  • Birmingham Library Theatre
  • Custard Factory Slam, Birmingham (special guest)
  • Audlem Festival Poetry Slam (special guest)
  • Pure and Good and Right, Leamington (guest compere)
  • Pure and Good and Right, Leamington (special guest)
  • Tiger Bam Christmas Concert (special guest)
  • Caf├й Metro, Bilston (featured artist)
  • Students Union, Falmouth
  • Cannon Poets, Birmingham
  • Cradley Heath Artsfest


INDIA

  • India International Centre, New Delhi
  • Jaipur Literature festival
  • AKLF Literary Festival, Kolkata
  • British Council, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune
  • Writer-in residence, Delhi Poetry Slam
  • MICA University, Ahmedabad
  • Fanatika, Ahmedabad
  • Kommune, Mumbai
  • Kommune, Pune

John D Robinson

John D Robinson is a UK poet: hundreds of his poems have appeared online and in print: His publications are:
'When You Hear The Bell, There's Nowhere To Hide'  Holy&intoxicated Publications 2016 (UK) sold out
'Cowboy Hats & Railways'   Scars Publications 2016  (USA)
'An Outlaw In The Making'   Scars Publications 2017  (USA)
'Hitting Home'   Iron Lung Press  2018 (USA)  sold out
'The Pursuit Of Shadows'  Analog Submission Press  2018 (UK)  sold out
'Too Many Drinks Ago'  Paper and Ink Press  (UK)  2018  sold out
'Echoes Of Diablo'  Concrete Meat Press (UK)  2018
'Pushing Away The Hours'  Alien Buddha Press  (USA) 2018
'Hang In There'  Uncollected Press  (USA)  2019
'Singing Aria's'  Analog Submission Press (UK)  2019
'A Hash Smoking, Codeine Swallowing, Wine Drinking Son Of A Bitch'   2019   Alien Buddha Press (USA)
‘The Sounds Of Samsara’ Cyberwit Publishing: (India) February 2020

Nilamadhab Kar

Dr Nilamadhab Kar is a psychiatrist, based in the UK. Besides scientific articles in the field of medicine, more specifically mental health; he also writes poems, stories and articles for public education in English and Odia (an Eastern Indian language), which have been widely published. He has authored and edited few medical books, an anthology of Odia poems and two books of translated poems from Odia to English. He is on the editorial board of a few medical and literary journals.

Patrick Lodge

Dr Patrick Lodge lives in Yorkshire and is from an Irish/Welsh heritage. 

A retired academic, Patrick now devotes much of his time to writing and to reviewing poetry. His work has been published, anthologised and translated in several countries from the USA to Vietnam. Patrick has been successful in several international poetry competitions and is the winner of the 2015 Blackwater International Poetry Competition and was commended in the 2018 Gregory O’Donoghue International Competition. He has read by invitation, at poetry festivals in the UK, Ireland, Kosovo and Italy. He is currently working on a sequence commemorating Captain Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. A poem from that sequence was put to music and performed at the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival.

His two latest collections, An Anniversary of Flight, and Shenanigans were published by Valley Press in 2013 and 2016 respectively. His third collection – entitled Remarkable Occurrences  -is scheduled to be published in 2019 also by Valley Press.


Betty Oldmeadow

Betty Oldmeadow from the Isle of Sheppey (Kent, England) is a regular walker into the island’s nature for long hours. Jealously conscious of the scenes, sights, local history and heritage of the part of England she lives in, she writes passionately about them. And her eco-concerns have a universal appeal. Having done a two-year commercial course at Chatham Technical School for Girls, she was Secretary to the Managing Director of the Co-operative Society (which dominated island trade in the 1970’s) and to the Engineer and Manager of Sheppey Water Board, besides playing various secretarial roles with local Engineering Companies. Prior to retirement in 2001, she held the post of School Secretary in a primary school for 24 years. Post retirement, she trained as a Classroom Assistant and worked on a voluntary basis. She encourages children’s literacy skills and corresponds with friends and writers in India. A few of her writings have been published in India, in The Hans India daily, the Jayanti literary quarterly, the Muse India literary e-journal. She is also a participant in the Your Space forum of Muse India.

Email: onthehill54@outlook.com

Deborah Edgeley

Deborah Edgeley
Born in Cheshire, UK, Deborah Edgeley is the Editor for Ink Pantry Publishing which evolved from a social media group of creative writing students from The Open University, back in 2011. They wanted to create an inspiring and supportive platform for writers. Deborah has recently published her debut poetry collection Testing the Delicates, illustrated by Mark Sheeky Art, which explores the themes of mental health stigma, identity, isolation, memories, and understanding the past through photographs. Deborah performs her poetry with Mark Sheeky on piano as duo Fall in Green. They have just finished recording an album of Testing The Delicates, which brings an experimental and theatrical twist to art. Soundcloud/Facebook Author Page/Cornutopia Music

Dennis Moriarty

Dennis Moriarty
Dennis Moriarty is originally from London England but has lived in South Wales UK for thirty years. Married with five children Dennis enjoys reading, writing, walking.

This year he won the Blackwater poetry group competition and read his work at the Blackwater international poetry festival in Ireland. Dennis loves all things Welsh and speaks a little bit of the Welsh language.

рднूрд▓ рди рдкाрдКँрдЧा - рд╕ंрд╕्рдорд░рдг

рдк्рд░ाрдг рд╢рд░्рдоा

 - рдк्рд░ाрдг рд╢рд░्рдоा


1960 рдоें рдоैं рд╢िрдХ्рд╖ा рдк्рд░ाрдк्рдд рдХрд░ рдХे рдЪंрдбीрдЧреЭ рд╕े рджिрд▓्рд▓ी рдоे рдЖ  рдЧрдпा рдеा। рд╕рдиाрддрди рдзрд░्рдо рд╣ाрдпрд░ рд╕ेрдХेंрдбрд░ी рд╕्рдХूрд▓, рдХीрд░्рддि рдирдЧрд░ рдоें рдоैंрдиे рд╣िंрджी рдкреЭाрдиा рд╢ुрд░ू рдХрд░ рджिрдпा। рдоेрд░ी рдиौрдХрд░ी рд▓рдЧрддे рд╣ी рдШрд░ рд╡ाрд▓ों рдиे рдоेрд░े рд▓िрдП рд▓реЬрдХी рджेрдЦрдиी рд╢ुрд░ू рдХрд░ рджी рдеी। рдХрдИ рд▓реЬрдХिрдпाँ рдЙрди्рд╣ें рдкрд╕ंрдж рдЖрдпी рдеीं। рдЙрди्рд╣ें рджेрдЦрдиे рдХे рд▓िрдП рд╡े рдмाрд░-рдмाрд░ рдоुрдЭे рдЪंрдбीрдЧреЭ рдмुрд▓ाрддे  рдеे рд▓ेрдХिрди рдоैं рдЖрдКँрдЧा рдХрд╣ рдХрд░ рднी рдирд╣ीं рдЬाрддा рдеा। рд╕рдЪ рддो рдмाрдд рдпрд╣ рдеी рдХि рдоैं рд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ рдХрд░рдиा рдирд╣ीं рдЪाрд╣рддा рдеा। рдЙрд╕рдХा рдХाрд░рдг рдеा - рдоेрд░ी рджोрдиों рдмाрд╣ों рдкрд░ рдПрдХ्реЫीрдоा рдлैрд▓ рдЧрдпा рдеा। рдШреЬी-рдШреЬी рдоुрдЭे рдЦाрдЬ рдХрд░рдиी рдкреЬрддी рдеी। рдмाрд╣ें рджिрди рдк्рд░рддि рджिрди рд╕реЬ-рдЧрд▓ рд░рд╣ी рдеीं। рд╕рдмрд╕े рдЫिрдк-рдЫिрдк рдХрд░ рдХрд░ рдЦाрдЬ рдХрд░рдиे рд╕े рдоैं рдЕрдкрдиे рдЖрдк рд╕े рддंрдЧ рдкреЬ рдЧрдпा рдеा। рд▓ोрдЧ рд╢ेрд░ рдпा рдЪीрддे рдХे рдЖрддंрдХ рд╕े  рднрдпрднीрдд рд╣ोрддे рд╣ैं рд▓ेрдХिрди рдоैं рдЕрдкрдиी рдЦाрдЬ рд╕े рднрдпрднीрдд рд░рд╣рдиे рд▓рдЧा рдеा। рдРрд╕ी реЩौрдлрдиाрдХ рд╣ाрд▓рдд рдоें рдоैं рд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ рдХैрд╕े рдХрд░рддा?

рдоैं рд▓ाрдЬрдкрдд рдирдЧрд░ рд░рд╣рддा рдеा। рдПрдХ рдмрд╣ुрдд рдирдЬрджीрдХी рджोрд╕्рдд рдХे рд╕ुрдЭाрд╡ рдкрд░ рдоैंрдиे рдХрднी рдХिрд╕ी рдбॉрдХ्рдЯрд░ рдХे рдЪрдХ्рдХрд░ рдХाрдЯे рдФрд░ рдХрднी рдХिрд╕ी рд╡ैрдж्рдп рдХे рд▓ेрдХिрди рдХोрдИ рд▓ाрдн рдирд╣ीं рд╣ुрдЖ, рдЕрд▓рдмрдд्рддा рд░ोрдЧ рдмреЭрддा рд╣ी рдЧрдпा।

рдоुрдЭे рддीрди рд╕ौ рд░ुрдкрдпे рдорд╣ीрдиे рдХी рддрдирдЦ्рд╡ाрд╣ рдоिрд▓рддी рдеी, рдЖрдзी рддрдирдЦ्рд╡ाрд╣ рдХा рдЬ्рдпाрджा рд╣िрд╕्рд╕ा рдбॉрдХ्рдЯрд░, рд╡ैрдж्рдп, рдФрд╖рдзिрдпों рдФрд░ рдорд▓рд╣рдоों рдХो рднेंрдЯ рд╣ो рдЬाрддा рдеा। рдкрд░ेрд╢ाрдиी рдоें рдоैं рдХрднी-рдХрднी рдЗрддрдиा рджुрдЦी рд╣ोрддा рдХि рдЖрдд्рдорд╣рдд्рдпा рдХрд░рдиे рдХो рдЬी рдХрд░ рдЙрдарддा। рдРрд╕ी рд╕ूрд░рдд рдоें рд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ рдХрд░рддा рддो рдХिрд╕ी рдмेрдЪाрд░ी рдХी реЫिंрджрдЧी рдХो рджुःрдЦ рднрд░ा рдХрд░ рджेрддा рдФрд░ рдоैं рддाреЫिंрджрдЧी рдкрдЫрддाрд╡े рдХी рдЖрдЧ рдоें рдЬрд▓рддा рд░рд╣рддा।

рдоैं рдХोрдИ рди рдХोрдИ рдмрд╣ाрдиा рдХрд░ рдХे рдШрд░ рд╡ाрд▓ों рдХो рдЯाрд▓рддा рд░рд╣ा। рдЯाрд▓рддे рд░рд╣рдиे рдХा рд╕िрд▓рд╕िрд▓ा рддीрди рд╕ाрд▓ рдЪрд▓ा। рдПрдХ рджिрди рдмाрдК рдЬी рдиे рдоुрдЭे рдЕрдкрдиे рдкाрд╕ рдмिрдаा рдХрд░ рдмреЬे рдк्рдпाрд░ рд╕े рдоुрдЭे рд╕рдордЭाрдпा, “рджेрдЦ рдмेрдЯे, рддेрд░ी  рдЙрдо्рд░ рдЕрдм рдЧृрд╣рд╕्рдеी рд╕рдо्рднाрд▓рдиे рдХी рд╣ै। рддू рд╕рдд्рддाрдИрд╕ рд╕ाрд▓ рдХा рд╣ो рдЧрдпा рд╣ै। рдХुрдЫ рд╣ी рд╕ाрд▓ों  рдоें рддेрд░े рдмाрд▓ рд╕реЮेрдж рд╣ोрдиे рд▓рдЧेंрдЧे। рдХ्рдпा рдмुреЭाрдкे рдоें рдм्рдпाрд╣ рдХрд░ेрдЧा?” рдШрд░ рдХे рдЕрди्рдп  рд╕рджрд╕्рдп рднी рдоेрд░े рдкीрдЫे рдкреЬ рдЧрдП। рдоैं рдЕрдкрдиे рд░ोрдЧ рдХे рдмाрд░े рдоें рдХिрд╕ीрдХो рдмрддाрдиा рдирд╣ीं  рдЪाрд╣рддा рдеा। рд╕ोрдЪрддा рдеा рдХि рдоेрд░ी рдЧрд▓ी - рд╕реЬी рдмाрд╣ें рджेрдЦ рдХрд░ рд╕рднी рдоुрдЭрд╕े рдиреЮрд░рдд  рдХрд░рдиे рд▓рдЧेंрдЧे, рдоुрдЭрд╕े рджूрд░ рд░рд╣рдиे рд▓рдЧेंрдЧे। рд╕ोрдЪрддा рдеा рдХि рдоैं рддो рдкрд░ेрд╢ाрди рд╣ूँ рд╣ी, рд╕рднी рдХो рдкрд░ेрд╢ाрди рдХ्рдпों рдХрд░ूँ ?

рд╕рдмрдиे рдоेрд░ा рд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ рдХрд░рд╡ा рдХрд░ рджрдо рд▓िрдпा।

рдкрдд्рдиी рд╕े рдоैं рдХрдИ рдорд╣ीрдиों рддрдХ рдЕрдкрдиी рдмाँрд╣ें рдЫिрдкाрддा рд░рд╣ा। рдЙрд╕рдХे рд╕ाрдордиे рдЦाрдЬ рд╣ोрддी рддो рдоैं рдХрднी рдХिрдЪрди рдХी рдУрд░ рднाрдЧрддा рдФрд░ рдХрднी рдЯॉрдпрд▓ेрдЯ рдХी рдУрд░। рдк्рдпाрд░-рд╡्рдпाрд░ рдХрд░рдиा рдоुрд╢्рдХिрд▓ рд╣ो рдЬाрддा। рдЕрдЬीрдм рд╣ाрд▓рдд рдоें рдЧुреЫрд░ рд░рд╣ा рдеा рдоैं।

рдкंрдЬाрдм рдоें рдоुрд╣ाрд╡рд░ा рд╣ै, “рдЗрд╢рдХ рддे рдЦुрд░्рдХ (рдЦाрдЬ) рд▓ुрдХोрдпे рдирдИं рд▓ुрдХрджे।” рдПрдХ  рджिрди рдкрдд्рдиी рдиे рдоुрдЭे рдЦाрдЬ рдХрд░рддे рд╣ुрдП рджेрдЦ рд▓िрдпा। рдЙрд╕рдХे рдкрд╕ीрдиे рдЫूрдЯ рдЧрдП। рд╡рд╣ рдЖрд╣рдд рд╣ो рдХрд░ рдкूрдЫ рдмैрдаी. “рдпे рдХ्рдпा рд╣ुрдЖ рд╣ै рдЖрдкрдХो?”

рдЬрд╡ाрдм рдоें рдоेрд░े рдоुँрд╣ рд╕े рдЗрддрдиा рд╣ी рдиिрдХрд▓ा, “рдПрдХ्реЫीрдоा।”

“рдПрдХ्реЫीрдоा? рдХрдмрд╕े рд╣ै?”

“рддीрди-рдЪाрд░ рд╕ाрд▓ рд╕े।”

“рддीрди-рдЪाрд░ рд╕ाрд▓ рд╕े! рдЖрдкрдиे рдоुрдЭे рдмрддाрдпा рдХ्рдпों рдирд╣ीं? рдмाрдК рдЬी рдпा рдШрд░ рдоें рдХिрд╕ी рдХो реЩрдмрд░ рд╣ै?”

“рдирд╣ीं।”

“рдЖрдкрдХी рдкрдд्рдиी рд╣ूँ, рдоुрдЭे рддो рдмрддाрдпा рд╣ोрддा। рдЙреЮ!”  рдкрдд्рдиी рдиे рд╣ाрде рдЕрдкрдиे рдоाрдеे рдкрд░ рджे рдоाрд░ा।

рдоैं рдорди рд╣ी рдорди рдХाँрдк рдЙрдаा। рддрд▓ाрдХ рд╢рдм्рдж рдоेрд░े рджिрдоाрдЧ рдоें рдХौंрдз рдЧрдпा। рдЕрдм  рддो рдкрдд्рдиी рдоुрдЭे рдЫोреЬ рдХрд░ рдЪрд▓ी рдЬाрдПрдЧी। рдоैं рдЭुँрдЭрд▓ा рдЙрдаा। рдХुрдЫ рдорд╣ीрдиे рдкрд╣рд▓े рдоेрд░े рдПрдХ рдоिрдд्рд░ рдХी рдкрдд्рдиी рдШрд░ेрд▓ू рдЭрдЧреЬे рдХे рдХाрд░рдг рдЙрд╕े рдЫोреЬ рдХрд░ рдоाрдпрдХे рдЪрд▓ी рдЧрдпी рдеी।

“рджेрдЦिрдпे, рдоैं рдЖрдкрдХो рд╡ैрд╖्рдгो рджेрд╡ी рд▓े рдЬाрдКँрдЧी। рдоुрдЭे рдкूрд░ा рд╡िрд╢्рд╡ाрд╕ рд╣ै рдХि рджेрд╡ी рдЖрдк рдкрд░ рдХृрдкा рдХрд░ेрдЧी। рдШрдмрд░ाрдЗрдП рдирд╣ीं, рдЖрдк рдмिрд▓рдХुрд▓ рд╕्рд╡рд╕्рде рд╣ो рдЬाрдПँрдЧे।”

рдкрдд्рдиी рдХे рд╕рд╣ाрдиुрднूрддि рдХे рд╢рдм्рдж рдоेрд░े рдХाрдиों рдоें рдХ्рдпा рдкреЬे, рдоेрд░ी рдЖँрдЦों рд╕े рдЦुрд╢िрдпों рдХा рдЭрд░рдиा рдмрд╣ рдЙрдаा। рдкрдд्рдиी рд╣ो рддो рдРрд╕ी рд╣ो। рдоेрд░े рдорди рдоें рдЙрд╕рдХे рд▓िрдП рджुрдЖрдПँ рд╣ी рджुрдЖрдПँ рдкैрджा рд╣ोрдиे рд▓рдЧीं ।

рдПрдХ-рджो рджिрди рдмाрдж рдПрдХ рдорд╣िрд▓ा рдиे рдоेрд░ी рдкрдд्рдиी рдХो рдмрддाрдпा, “рдЕрдЬрдорд▓ рдЦाँ рд░ोрдб, рдХрд░ोрд▓ рдмाрдЧ рдоें рдПрдХ рд╣рдХीрдо рд╣ैं - рд╣ाрдХिрдо рд░ाрдп। рд╡рд╣ рдЗрд╕ рд░ोрдЧ рдХे рд╡िрд╢ेрд╖рдЬ्рдЮ рд╣ैं। рдЕрдкрдиे рдкрддि рдХो рдЙрдирдХो рджिрдЦाрдПँ।”

рдЙрд╕ी рджिрди рд╣рдо рд╣рдХीрдо рд╣ाрдХिрдо рд░ाрдп рдХे рджрд╡ाрдЦाрдиे рдоें рд╣ाреЫिрд░ рд╣ो рдЧрдП। рджрд╡ाрдЦाрдиे рдХे рдмाрд╣рд░ рд░ोрдЧिрдпों рдХी рд▓рдо्рдмी реШрддाрд░ рдеी।  рд▓рдЧрднрдЧ рдбेреЭ рдШंрдЯे рдХे рдмाрдж рдоेрд░ी рдмाрд░ी рдЖрдпी।

рд╣рдХीрдо рд╕ाрд╣рдм рдмреЬी рдЖрдд्рдоीрдпрддा рд╕े рдкेрд╢ рдЖрдпे। рдоिрд╢рд░ी рд╕े рдШुрд▓े рдЙрдирдХे рдмोрд▓ рдеे। рдорди рдЖрдиंрджिрдд рд╣ो рдЧрдпा। рдЙрди्рд╣ोंрдиे рдоेрд░े рджोрдиों рд╣ाрдеों рдХी рдирдм्реЫों рдХो рдХрдИ рдмाрд░ рдкреЭा। рдХрд╣рдиे рд▓рдЧे, “рдмेрдЯे, рдЖрдкрдХे рд╢рд░ीрд░ рдоें рд╕ूрд░рдЬ рдХी рддрдкрди рд╣ै, рдЙрд╕े рдиिрдХाрд▓рдиा рд╣ोрдЧा। рд╡ो рддрднी рдиिрдХрд▓ेрдЧी рдЬрдм рдЖрдк рджрд╡ाрдИ рдФрд░ рдорд▓рд╣рдо рдХे рд╕ाрде-рд╕ाрде рдЕрдкрдиे рдЦाрди-рдкाрди рдкрд░ рднी рдз्рдпाрди рджेंрдЧे।”

“рдЗрди्рд╣ें рдХ्рдпा-рдХ्рдпा рдЦाрдиा рдФрд░ рдкीрдиा рдкреЬेрдЧा?” рдкрдд्рдиी рдкूрдЫ рдмैрдаी।
“рдХ्рдпा рдЖрдкрдХे рдкрддि рдоांрд╕-рдордЫрд▓ी рдЦाрддे рд╣ैं?”
“рдЬी, рдХрднी-рдХрднी।
“рддрд▓ी рд╣ुрдпी рдЪीреЫें?”
“рдмрд╣ुрдд реЫ्рдпाрджा।”
“рдоिрд░्рдЪ-рдоिрд╕ाрд▓ा?”
“рд╡ो рднी  реЫ्рдпाрджा।”
“рд╢рд░ाрдм?”
“рдХрднी-рдХрднी рджोрд╕्рддों рдХे рд╕ाрде।”
“рдпे рд╕рдм рдЗрди्рд╣ें рдд्рдпाрдЧрдиा рдкреЬेрдЧा। рдиाрд░िрдпрд▓ рдХा рдкाрдиी реЩूрдм рдкीрдПँ। рддрд░рдмूрдЬ рдХा рдоौрд╕рдо рд╣ै, рдкेрдЯ рднрд░ рдХे рдЦाрдПँ। рдЪाँрджрдиी рд░ाрддों рдоें рдмाрд╣рд░ рдЯрд╣рд▓ें। рдХुрдЫ рд╣ी рджिрдиों рдоें рдЖрдкрдХे рдкрддि рдЪंрдЧे-рднрд▓े рд╣ो рдЬाрдПँрдЧे।”

рджिрди рдоें рджो рдмाрд░ рдоैंрдиे рджрд╡ाрдИ рд▓ेрдиा рд╢ुрд░ू рдХрд░ рджिрдпा। рджрд╡ाрдИ рдкीрддे рд╣ी рдкेрдЯ рдФрд░ рдмाрд╣ें рд╢ीрддрд▓ рд╣ो рдЬाрддीं, рд╕рди्рджрд▓ рдЬैрд╕ी рд╕ुрдЧंрдз рдоेрд░ी рд░рдЧ-рд░рдЧ рдоें рднрд░ рдЬाрддी। рдорд▓рд╣рдо рдХा рдЬाрджू рднी рдоैंрдиे рд╡ैрд╕ा рд╣ी рдорд╣рд╕ूрд╕ рдХिрдпा। рд╣рдХीрдо рд╣ाрдХिрдо рд░ाрдп рдХी рдФрд╖рдзि рдФрд░ рдорд▓рд╣рдо рдХिрд╕ी рдЛрд╖ि рдпा рдоुрдиि рдХे рд╡рд░рджाрди рд╕े рдХрдо рдирд╣ीं рдиिрдХрд▓ीं ।

рдУ рдоेрд░े рдмрдЪрдкрди рдХे рд╕ाрдеी - рдк्рд░ाрдг рд╢рд░्рдоा

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рддेрд░ी рдЪिрдЯ्рдаी рдХे рдЙрдд्рддрд░ рдоें
рддुрдЭрдХो рдХुрдЫ рдмाрддें рд▓िрдХ्рдЦी рд╣ैं
рдЬिрдирдХो рдкреЭрдХрд░,рдЬिрдирдХो рдЧुрди рдХрд░
рд╢ाрдпрдж рддुрдЭ рдоें рд╣िрдо्рдордд рдЬाрдЧे
рд╢ाрдпрдж рддेрд░ी рдХिрд╕्рдордд рдЬाрдЧे
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рдХेрд╡рд▓ рддрди рдХो рд╣ी рдзोрдиे рд╕े
рдЖрдаों рдкрд╣рд░ों рд╣ी рд╕ोрдиे рд╕े
рджुःрдЦ рдХो рд╣рд░рдиा рдиाрдоुрдордХिрди рд╣ै
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рдУ рдоेрд░े рдмрдЪрдкрди рдХे рд╕ाрдеी
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рдЖрд▓рд╕ рдХा рдкुрддрд▓ा рджреЮрдиाрдиा
рдзुंрдз рдоिрдЯाрдиा , рд░ाрд╣ рдмрдиाрдиा
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рд╕рдЪ्рдЪे рдорди рд╕े рд╕ाрде рдиिрднाрдиा
рд╕ाрде рдиिрднाрдиा, рднूрд▓ рди рдЬाрдиा
рдЕрдЪ्рдЫे рджिрдиों рдХा рд╕рдм рдпाрд░ाрдиा
рд╣рд░ рдЗрдХ рдХे рдорди рдХो рддू рднाрдиा
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рдЙрдЬрд▓ा рддेрд░ा рд╣рд░ рдкрд▓ рд╣ोрдЧा
рдкрд▓ рддो рдХ्рдпा рдЙрдЬрд▓ा рдХрд▓ рд╣ोрдЧा
рд╣рд░ рдорд╕рд▓े рдХा рд╣ी рд╣рд▓ рд╣ोрдЧा
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рддेрд░ा рдЬीрд╡рди рд╣ो рд╕ुрдЦрджाрдИ
рд╣ोрддी рд╣ै рдЬैрд╕े рдкुрд░рд╡ाрдИ
рддेрд░े рд╕िрд░ рдкрд░ рддाрдЬ рд╕рдЬेрдЧा
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рдк्рд░ाрдг рд╢рд░्рдоा
13 рдЬूрди 1937 - 25 рдЕрдк्рд░ैрд▓ 2018
рдкрд░िрдЪрдп
рдЬрди्рдо: 13 рдЬूрди 1937, рд╡рдЬीрд░ाрдмाрдж (рд╡рд░्рддрдоाрди рдкाрдХिрд╕्рддाрди)
рд╢िрдХ्рд╖ा: рдПрдордП рдмीрдПрдб (рджिрд▓्рд▓ी рд╡िрд╢्рд╡рд╡िрдж्рдпाрд▓рдп)
1965 рдоें рднाрд░рдд рд╕े рдм्рд░िрдЯेрди рдЖрдпे рдк्рд░ाрдг рд╢рд░्рдоा рд╣िंрджी рдХे рд╡рд░िрд╖्рда рд▓ेрдЦрдХ рдФрд░ рд╢ाрдпрд░ рд╣ैं рдФрд░ рд╣िंрджी рдХी рдк्рд░рдоुрдЦ рдкрдд्рд░-рдкрдд्рд░िрдХाрдУं рдоें рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢िрдд рд╣ो рдЪुрдХे рд╣ैं। рд╡े рджेрд╢-рд╡िрджेрд╢ рдХे рдХрд╡ि рд╕рдо्рдоेрд▓рдиों, рдоुрд╢ाрдпрд░ों рддрдеा рдЖрдХाрд╢рд╡ाрдгी рдХाрд░्рдпрдХ्рд░рдоों рдоें рднी рднाрдЧ рд▓े рдЪुрдХे рд╣ैं рдФрд░ рдЕрдиेрдХ рдкुрд░рд╕्рдХाрд░ рдк्рд░ाрдк्рдд рдХрд░ рдЪुрдХे рд╣ैं।

рд╕рдо्рдоाрди
1961 рдоें рднाрд╖ा рд╡िрднाрдЧ, рдкрдЯिрдпाрд▓ा рдж्рд╡ाрд░ा рдЖрдпोрдЬिрдд рдЯैрдЧोрд░ рдиिрдмंрдз рдк्рд░рддिрдпोрдЧिрддा рдоें рдж्рд╡िрддीрдп рдкुрд░рд╕्рдХाрд░। 1982 рдоें рдХाрджрдо्рдмिрдиी рдж्рд╡ाрд░ा рдЖрдпोрдЬिрдд рдЕंрддрд░्рд░ाрд╖्рдЯ्рд░ीрдп рдХрд╣ाрдиी рдк्рд░рддिрдпोрдЧिрддा рдоें рд╕ांрдд्рд╡рдиा рдкुрд░рд╕्рдХाрд░। 1986 рдоें рдИрд╕्рдЯ рдоिрдбрд▓ैंрдб рдЖрд░्рдЯ्рд╕, рд▓ेрд╕्рдЯрд░ рдж्рд╡ाрд░ा рдЖрдпोрдЬिрдд рдХрд╣ाрдиी рдк्рд░рддिрдпोрдЧिрддा рдоें рдк्рд░рдердо рдкुрд░рд╕्рдХाрд░। 2006 рдоें рд╣िрди्рджी рд╕рдоिрддि, рд▓рди्рджрди рдж्рд╡ाрд░ा рд╕рдо्рдоाрдиिрдд.

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рдЬрди्рдо:                рдкुрд░ाрдиी рджिрд▓्рд▓ी, рд╕рди् 1945

рд╢िрдХ्рд╖ा:               рд╕्рдиाрддрдХ   рдЖрдИ реж рдЯी реж рдХॉрд▓ेрдЬ, рд▓рдЦрдирдК
                        рдПрдо. рдП. (рдЕंрдЧ्рд░ेрдЬी рд╕ाрд╣िрдд्рдп) рдмрд░ेрд▓ी рдХॉрд▓िрдЬ, (рдЖрдЧрд░ा рд╡िрд╢्рд╡рд╡िрдж्рдпाрд▓рдп)
                        рдкी. рдЬी. рд╕ी. рдИ. рд▓рди्рджрди рдпूрдиिрд╡рд░्рд╕िрдЯी
                        рд╕्рдиाрддрдХ ;рдЧрдгिрдд, рд▓рди्рджрди рдпूрдиिрд╡рд░्рд╕िрдЯी
                        рд░ीрдбिंрдЧ рд╢िрдХ्рд╖рдг, рд╡िрд╢ेрд╖ рдпोрдЧ्рдпрддा,

рдХाрд░्рдпрдХ्рд╖ेрдд्рд░:           рд▓рди्рджрди рдХी рдоुрдЦ्рдпрдзाрд░ा рдоें рд╢िрдХ्рд╖рдг
                        10 рд╡рд░्рд╖ рд╕ेрдХेंрдбрд░ी рдЧрдгिрдд
                        20 рд╡рд░्рд╖ рдк्рд░ाрд░ंрднिрдХ рд╢िрдХ्рд╖ा, рд░ीрдбिंрдЧ рд╡िрд╢ेрд╖

рд▓ेрдЦрди:              рдЪाрд░ рдХрд╣ाрдиी рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣
                        рдХुрдЫ рдЬрдЧ рдХी, рд╕्рдЯाрд░ рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢рди, рджрд░िрдпाрдЧंрдЬ, рдирдИ рджिрд▓्рд▓ी
                        рдкрде рдХे рдлूрд▓, рд╕ाрдордпिрдХ рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢рди, рджрд░िрдпाрдЧंрдЬ, рдирдИ рджिрд▓्рд▓ी
                        рд░ंрдЧों рдХे рдЙрд╕ рдкाрд░, рдордирд╕ा рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢рди, рдЧोрдорддी рдирдЧрд░, рд▓рдЦрдирдК
                        рдЪिрд░ рдкрд░ाрдпी, рдк्рд░рднाрдд рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢рди, рджрд░िрдпा рдЧंрдЬ, рдирдИ рджिрд▓्рд▓ी

рд╕рдо्рдоाрди:              рдкрдж्рдоाрдиंрдж рд╕ाрд╣िрдд्рдп рд╕рдо्рдоाрди, рдХрдеा рдпूрдХे,
                        рднाрд░рддेंрджु рд╣рд░िрд╢्рдЪрди्рдж्рд░ рд╕рдо्рдоाрди, рд╣िंрджी рд╕ंрд╕्рдеाрди, рд▓рдЦрдирдК
                        рд╣िंрджी рдЪेрддрдиा рд╕рдо्рдоाрди, рд▓рдЦрдирдК
                        рдПрдХ्рд╕рд╕ेрд▓рдиेрдЯ рдкрдд्рд░िрдХा рд╕рдо्рдоाрди, рдХाрдирдкुрд░

рдкрддा: 35 рдж рдПрд╡ेрди्рдпू, рдЪीрдо, рд╕рд░े, рдПрд╕.рдПрдо. 2, 7 рдХ्рдпू.рдП., рдпू.рдХे.
рджूрд░рднाрд╖: 0044-2086612455
рдИрдоेрд▓: kadamehra@googlemail.com

Lynn White

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Her poem 'A Rose For Gaza' was shortlisted for the Theatre Cloud 'War Poetry for Today' competition 2014. This and many other poems, have been widely published, in recent anthologies such as - ‘Alice In Wonderland’ by Silver Birch Press, ‘The Border Crossed Us’ from Vagabond Press and ‘Selfhood’ from Trancendence Zero - and journals such as Apogee, Firewords Quarterly, Guide To Kulchur, Indie Soleil, Midnight Circus and Snapdragon as well as many other online and print publications.

Find Lynn at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lynn-White-Poetry/1603675983213077?fref=ts and lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com

рдиीрд░ा рдд्рдпाрдЧी

рдиीрд░ा рдд्рдпाрдЧी
рдЬрди्рдо - 18 рдЕрдЧрд╕्рдд, рдирдИ рджिрд▓्рд▓ी

рдиिрд╡ाрд╕- рд▓ीрдб्рд╕, рдпूрдиाрдЗрдЯेрдб рдХिंрдЧрдбрдо

рд╢िрдХ्рд╖ा - рдоिрд░ांрдбा рд╣ाрдКрд╕, рджिрд▓्рд▓ी рдпूрдиिрд╡рд░्рд╕िрдЯी рд╕े рд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрди рдоें рд╕्рдиाрддрдХ, PGCE, Dip HE Housing From Leeds University

рд╕рдо्рдк्рд░рддि - рдм्рд░िрдЯेрди рдХे рд╕рд░рдХाрд░ी рдк्рд░ोрдЬेрдХ्рдЯ्рд╕ рдоें рдоैрдиेрдЬрд░ рдХी рдиौрдХрд░ी

рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢рди - рд╣िंрджी рдХी рдХрдИ рдЙрд▓्рд▓ेрдЦрдиीрдп рдкрдд्рд░-рдкрдд्рд░िрдХाрдУं рдоें рд░рдЪрдиाрдПं рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢िрдд। 

рд░ुрдЪि - рд╕ाрд╣िрдд्рдп рдПрд╡ं рд╕ंрдЧीрдд। 

рдм्рд▓ॉрдЧ्рд╕ - http://www.neerat.blogspot.com


рдоोрд╣рди рд░ाрдгा Mohan Rana


Delhi-born contemporary Hindi poet Mohan Rana has lived in United Kingdom for many years. He has published eight poetry collections. His reputation as a diaspora poet has grown with publication of his each book. Brevity, clarity and precision are the defining characteristics of Rana's poetry. His poems have been translated into several Indian and European languages.

рдоोрд╣рди рд░ाрдгा рдХा рдЬрди्рдо 1964 рдоें рджिрд▓्рд▓ी рдоें рд╣ुрдЖ। рд╡े рдкिрдЫрд▓े рдбेрдв़ рджрд╢рдХ рд╕े рдм्рд░िрдЯेрди рдХे рдмाрде рд╢рд╣рд░ рдХे рдиिрд╡ाрд╕ी рд╣ैं। рдЖрда рдХрд╡िрддा рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣ рдк्рд░рдХाрд╢िрдд рд╣ो рдЪुрдХे рд╣ैं।

'рдЬрдЧрд╣’ (1994), 'рдЬैрд╕े рдЬрдирдо рдХोрдИ рджрд░рд╡ाрдЬा’ (1997), 'рд╕ुрдмрд╣ рдХी рдбाрдХ’ (2002), 'рдЗрд╕ рдЫोрд░ рдкрд░’ (2003), 'рдкрдд्рдерд░ рд╣ो рдЬाрдПрдЧी рдирджी’ (2007), 'рдзूрдк рдХे рдЕँрдзेрд░े рдоें’ (2008), 'рд░ेрдд рдХा рдкुрд▓’ (2012)। 'рд╢ेрд╖ рдЕрдиेрдХ’ (2016)।


рдЙрдирдХी рдХрд╡िрддाрдУं рдХे рдЕрдиुрд╡ाрдж рдЕंрдЧ्рд░ेрдЬी, рдорд░ाрдаी, рдиेрдкाрд▓ी, рдлाрд░рд╕ी, рдЗрддाрд▓рд╡ी, рд╕्рдкрд╣ाрдиी, рдкुрд░्рддрдЧाрд▓ी,рд╕्рд▓ोрд╡ेрдиिрдпрди рдФрд░ рдЬрд░्рдорди рдоें рд╣ुрдП рд╣ैं। рдЕंрдЧ्рд░ेрдЬी рдоें рдЕрдиूрджिрдд рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣ -
'With Eyes Closed' (рдж्рд╡िрднाрд╖ी рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣) рдЕрдиुрд╡ाрджрдХ - рд▓ूрд╕ी рд░ोрдЬेंрд╢्рддाрдЗрди, 2008
‘Poems’ (рдж्рд╡िрднाрд╖ी рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣) рдЕрдиुрд╡ाрджрдХ - рдмрд░्рдиाрд░्рдб рдУ рдбोрдирд╣्рдпू рдФрд░ рд▓ूрд╕ी рд░ोрдЬ़ेंрд╢्рддाрдЗрди, 2011

рд╕рдо्рдоाрди –
'рдЗрд╕ рдЫोрд░ рдкрд░’ (рдХрд╡िрддा рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣) – рдпूрдХे рд╣िрди्рджी рд╕рдоिрддि рд╕рдо्рдоाрди (2003)
'рдзूрдк рдХे рдЕँрдзेрд░े рдоें’(рдХрд╡िрддा рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣) - рдкрдж्рдоाрдиंрдж рд╕ाрд╣िрдд्рдп рд╕рдо्рдоाрди (2009)

рд╕ंрдкрд░्рдХ - letters2mohan@gmail.com









Adrian Rogers

Adrian Rogers
Adrian Cedric Rogers—born September 1940, in Lincoln, England, UK

I was brought up in England, but trained as a teacher in Ireland, teaching music and English in Ireland (North and South), Scotland, England, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. I am an Australian citizen, resident in South Australia where, since retirement in 2005 I have concentrated on writing, with four fantasy novels published by Double Dragon, Ontario, Canada, and two more novels published by Mountain Mist, Queensland, Australia. I now have six poetry collections published by Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, South Australia, and contributions—both poetry and articles to numerous journals and anthologies, both in Australia and elsewhere, including ‘Homeward Bound, Searching for the Sublime, an Indo/Australian Anthology of Short Stories’, and in Australia contributing regularly to Beyond the Rainbow, The Write Angle, The Colonial Athens’, Episteme—Bharat College, and many others.


Li├╣saidh

Bio:
Li├╣saidh is a Forward Prize nominated poet, author, and lyricist from the west of Scotland. Prior to sliding to the bottom of society, she worked in the legal profession. She spent several years living and working in South Asia and East Asia and did not come home unchanged. As LJ McDowall she writes speculative fiction and edits the Quarterday Review, a quarterly literary anthology dedicated to classical forms. Her work has appeared online and in print, most recently in Eastern Structures, The Ghazal Page, Poets and War, and several other publications.