No products in the cart.
Return To Shop
₹385.00
A representative anthology of revered Bengali poet Mridul Dasgupta, presented in dynamic English translations by Anindita Mukherjee.
In stock
| Weight | 0.5 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 20 × 15 × 1 cm |
| Author | |
| Translator | |
| Pages | 139 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-81-976847-6-0 |
This stunning collection introduces English-language readers to Mridul Dasgupta, one of Bengal’s most revered contemporary poets, in vibrant translations by Anindita Mukherjee. A poet of tremendous lyric range and power, Dasgupta moves with hummingbird-like shifts of mood, tempo, and diction—each poem alive with music and precision.
Dasgupta is a poet of cryptograms and immensities. He revels in shadows, the mysteries of sound, and the afterlife of imagination. To enter his poetic world is to step into a maze—one that asks the reader to retrace their steps as often as they move forward. Here, rivers bear witness and dissolve boundaries; love and death converge; and language itself becomes a “secret correspondence.” In this universe, even “crockeries chat with dust and stars.”
Wide-ranging yet exacting, Dasgupta’s vision stretches across time and space—from metaphysical inquiry to imagined futures, from religion and geography to the intimate terrains of love. In poems such as 2070, he conjures worlds both fathomable and fantastical.
Anindita Mukherjee’s translations do more than interpret—they illuminate. With rhythmic elegance and striking word choices, she renders Dasgupta’s intricate, enigmatic oeuvre with clarity and force, making these essential poems newly legible for English readers.
Enchanting, formidable, and intellectually charged, this representative anthology captures the subtle, fleeting moments of life in condensed, luminous verse.
Mridul Dasgupta is a Bengali poet and a journalist by profession. He was born on 3 April 1955 in Serampore. Till now he has published six books of poetry and has contributed significantly to children’s literature. In 1974, he received the National Writers Award. He was subsequently presented with the Bangla Academy Award in 2000 and Rabindra Puroshkar in 2012.
Anindita Mukherjee is a poet and translator. She lives in Edmonton. Her first chapbook titled Nothing and Variations (2022) was featured in the top ten young Indian voices, published by Hawakal Publishers. In 2024, she was selected as a fellow for the Horizons Writing Circle, supported by the Edmonton Arts Council. She is also a literary scholar and has held research fellowships in the US, Canada, and London. Currently she is a PhD candidate at the Department of English and Film Studies in University of Alberta. She researches on Poetics and Philosophy of Literature.
Share this product with others
Antonym Collection –
Great book!