Uttaran Das Gupta

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Uttaran Das Gupta is an Indian writer and journalist who lives and works in New Delhi, Goa and Birmingham. He has published a book of poems, Visceral Metropolis (2017), and a novel, Ritual (2020). His journalistic work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Senses of Cinema, Words Without Borders, Himal Southasian and several other publications. His journalism was recognised by the Robert Bosch India-Germany Media Fellowship in 2018 and the Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship in 2019. In 2016, he was awarded a residency by Sangam House, India, and in 2027, he will be at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. He has performed his poetry at international festivals such as the Bengaluru Poetry Festival 2023, the Serendipity Arts Festival in Birmingham 2025 and the Birmingham Literature Festival 2025. At present, he is working on a PhD in Media and Culture Studies at Birmingham City University in the UK.

January 4, 2026 Translations

Netting and 1 other poem

Netting Neither love, nor hatred, only a colourless sadnesskeeps falling,crumbling,these days.Our faces look like other people,how...