Not in My Name: Selected Poems (19782017)

About The Author Subodh SarkarS First Book Of Poems Was Published In The 1970S, And Now He Has 31 Books To His Credit. He Recently Participated In The Iwp, University Of Iowa As A Fulbright Fellow. He Is A Recipient Of The Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (New Delhi), Gangadhar National Award For Poetry (Sambalpur University) And Bangla Academy Award (Kolkata). He Is Now The Chairman Of Kobita Academy, Kolkata. Sarkar Is The Editor Of Bhashanagar, A Bengali Culture Magazine With Occasional English Issues. He Was The Guest Editor Of Indian Literature, New Delhi. He Teaches English At City College, Kolkata. About The Translator Jaycleep Sarangi Is A Bilingual Academic, Poet And Translator Anchored In Kolkata. He Is One Of The Translators/Editors Of Surviving In My World: Growing Up Dalit In Bengal. He Is The Vice President Of Guild Of Indian English Writers Editors And Critics. Sarangi Is A Senior Faculty In The Department Of English, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (University Of Calcutta), Kolkata. About The Book Subodh SarkarS Poems Shimmer With An Audacity Of Simplicity, Openness And Lucidity Which Mark His Poetic Idioms Subtle, Specific And RazorSharp Where The Poetic Corpus Retains As An Inviting Discourse. Love Is A Companion Of The Poetic Soul. The Poet Wants To Sign In The Peace Accord Of Minds. Subodh Sarkar Allows His Poetry To Speak For An ArtistS Responsibility Towards Life, Contexts And Manners Of The Time. These Poems Bring Out The PoetS Social, Historical, Political And Economic Dimensions To The Reading World. He Celebrates Things Happening Around Him Every Day; Humbled By TimeS Magic Hands. This Is A Selection From The Poems He Has Written Over The Last Four Decades.