In Memoriam – Jayanta Mahapatra, by Sukrita Paul Kumar
Rooted in Odia soil yet boundless in reach — Sukrita Paul Kumar…
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From ULR
Issue 5 – Human Rights
Mourning
An old woman watches her dwelling burn, her eyes filled with dry desert sand.
June 15, 2021
Not a tear fell
From the old woman’s eye
As she witnessed her
Dwelling set ablaze
No tear
Even while
Gazing at her hearth
Tossing crackling sounds
Crumbled in flames
Yesterday
Pixie her cat was
Run over
A mere squeak
under the giant wheels
Blue rivers dried and
Desert sands filled
All nooks and corners
of her eyes…
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Sukrita Paul Kumar
Sukrita Paul Kumar A well-known poet and critic, Sukrita Paul Kumar (born in Kenya) was an invited poet and Fellow at the prestigious International Writing Programme, Iowa, USA. Former Fellow of IIAS (Shimla), and honorary faculty at Durrell Centre at Corfu, Greece, she has published several collections of poetry, translations, critical works and has held exhibitions of her paintings. She held the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi.