These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry

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The ultimate anthology of Indian poetry from the Vedas to the present in all the major Indian languages These My Words is an anthology of magnificent breadth, ranging from Valmiki to Agha Shahid Ali, Aurobindo to Vikram Seth, Andal to Tagore, spanning Indian poetry in its myriad forms, styles and languages. The poems speak for themselves and to each other, as folk songs and tribal epics sit alongside classical Sanskrit and formal Tamil verse is a companion to contemporary Bengali or Dogri. There is Ghalib in praise of love, Tukaram on religious bigotry, Ksetrayya on divine love through the erotic, Gieve Patel on identity. In Eunice de Souza and Melanie Silgardos carefully curated selection, each poem illumines exquisitely the tradition of Indian poetry.

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Eunice De Souza taught English literature at St Xaviers College, Mumbai, for over thirty years and retired as head of department. She is a poet and novelist, and an editor of anthologies of nineteenth and early twentieth century writing in English in India, among others. She has also written for children. Melanie Silgardo was born and educated in Mumbai. Her involvement in the poetry scene in Mumbai in the 1980s resulted in the founding of the Newground publishing venture. She has worked in publishing in India and in the UK where she was an editor at Virago Press. She has edited anthologies of poetry and short fiction.