Adil Jussawalla

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Adil Jussawalla was born in Bombay in 1940. He is the author of six books of poems and Gulestan, a chapbook.. His third book, Trying to Say Goodbye(2011), was honoured with a Sahitya Akademi award in 2014. He was Tata Literature Live’s poet laureate for 2021. He lives in Bombay.

March 15, 2026 Excerpts

Excerpt: Offerings: Religion, Its Victories, Its Desolations: Selected Prose (1991 – 2023)

Adil Jussawalla on the collection: “During my childhood or adolescence, when I used to pray or...

March 15, 2025 Excerpts

Excerpt: It Remains To Be Said

Room 1101, Case 6870, A Survivor’s Case History Its multiple anchors...

December 15, 2022 Poetry Collections

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Silent with beings we’re meant to follow, on occasion asking a question