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A distinguished music critic, Hindi film connoisseur and author, Manek Premchand has always been fascinated by Hindi cinema’s music.

Gopal Lahiri’s book ‘Crossing the Shoreline’ (2022) published by Haoajan Publishers is the book under review. This book contains 90 selected poems divided into three groups under the tags:

That some books should be judged by their cover, is evident from poet Gopal Lahiri’s newest anthology of poems – Alleys are Filled with Future Alphabets. The hardbound book has an enigmatic painting on its cover

Ornately laden with passionately sensitive expressions of human emotions centred around ideas, beliefs, doctrines, love, loss, illness, and death, and most tellingly, a steadfast commitment to poetry, Voices Within edited by Gopal Lahiri and published by Setu Publications USA is a satisfying read.

Gopal Lahiri is an internationally acclaimed and widely published poet based in Kolkata. A Geo-physicist by profession and a poet by choice, the earth, its flora and fauna seep into his work as comfortably as do complex emotions.

Shyamasri Maji reviews Gopal Lahiri’s latest poetry collection Some Resonance Some Desire observing how Lahiri mixes memories with the desire to re-view life from an optimistic angle.

Santosh Bakaya is the first of Gandhi’s innumerable biographers to envision his life as a poetic saga. In the Ballad of Bapu, she has produced a tour de force that spans his life, including many little- known episodes. Her exuberant language brings Gandhi’s spirit vividly to life like never before, and explores the varied potential […]

When it comes to Shiladitya Sarkar, there is more to look and feel than there is to say—hence the rather apt title to his recent works of art, Implicit Conversations.

Intermission at Bass Concert Hall got a lot more interesting last month when Kala Fine Art filled the building with 80 large pieces of contemporary art from India