Ashwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar is a poet, author and professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai). Recently, he has edited Rivers Going Home: 71 Poets in Solidarity (Red River).
Key-note address by Ashwani Kumar
Jayanta Mahapatra Wandering Yaksha of Poetry
Who is Jayanta Mahapatra? Is he “a sacred relic growing up with the helplessness and the generous tears”?...
Poems by Ashwani Kumar
'I'm one of fourteen siblings,
I found out all of my siblings have the same birthday,’ my father said.
Some of them were qawwali singers
Others were magicians;
Specialized in curing grief, and agony.
‘I loved all of them –...
I found out all of my siblings have the same birthday,’ my father said.
Some of them were qawwali singers
Others were magicians;
Specialized in curing grief, and agony.
‘I loved all of them –...