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Ankush Banerjee

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Ankush Banerjee (he/his), poet, Culture Studies PhD research scholar and serving Naval Officer, is the author of An Essence of Eternity (2016). He has been recipient of the 2019 All India Poetry Prize, as well as the United Services Institution of India Gold Medals in 2013, 2017 and 2022, for his essays on Military Ethics and Leadership. His poetry, reviews and essays appear in Eclectica, Cha, The Bombay Literary Magazine, The Tupelo Quarterly, Kitaab and The Indian Express, among others. His work has also appeared in the anthologies, Yearbook of Indian Poetry 2020 and 2021, Best of Asian Poetry 2021, and Converse: Contemporary English Poetry by Indians. He is currently stationed at New Delhi.

February 11, 2026 Interviews

Beena Kamlani in Conversation with Ankush Banerjee

“Reading is yoga for the brain! Give yourself the permission to get lost in a book....
February 11, 2026 Interviews

Ankit Raj Ojha in Conversation with Ankush Banerjee

“Humour—satire in particular—can drive home your concerns without the need for verbal violence.”  – Ankit Raj...
August 15, 2025 Interviews

Mani Rao in Conversation with Ankush Banerjee

A candid conversation with Mani Rao on poems and process.
December 17, 2023 Interviews

The Editors of Poetry at Sangam in Conversation with Ankush Banerjee

Taking down Poetry at Sangam must have generated a plethora of flashbacks of memory for you.
December 17, 2023 Book Reviews

Review: You Bury the Birds in My Pelvis

Kelly Weber (she/they) is the author of a chapbook, All My Valentine’s Day are Weird, and...
December 17, 2023 Book Reviews

Review: My Body Didn’t Come Before Me

The first thing that would stun you, coming across Kuhu Joshi’s debut full length collection of...

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