100 More Great Indian Poems

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100 More Great Indian Poems serves as a perfect companion volume to 100 Great Indian Poems. Together they open a new window to the world of Indian poetry and delight our senses invoking a distinct taste, smell, colour and mood of this ancient and unique civilization. Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents Editor’s Note 1. After the Curfew 2. Again Snowfall 3. A Love Poem from India: Author’s Consent 4. Alphabets 5. A Marvel 6. And Death Demands a Labor 7. A New Way of Waiting 8. An Asian Child Enters a British Classroom 9 9. An Invitation 10. An Orange 11. Apparition on the River Bank 12. Ashtavakra Gita Ch-1 13. Bardic Stuff 14. Beggar 15. Birthplace with Buried Stones 16. Buddha on the Highway 17. City of Memories 19. Daring 20. Day After Day 21. Deception 22. Do Not Ask 23. Dothead 24. Epitaph 25. Exile 26. Eyes 27. Farewell 28. Forest Ballads 29. Frogs 30. Girls on Rooftops 31. God 32. Here Comes God 33. History of Justice 34. How Can a River Reject its Fish? 35. Ice Cubes, Cake & Roti 36. I have Brought the Sacrificial Goat 37. Imaginary Number 38. Incurable 39. In the Dust Forever 40. In the Event of Change 41. I Wear My Wordlessness 42. Jaisalmer – IV 43. Let Loose the Stinging Bees 44. Lineage 45. Love is Everyday New and Fresh 46. Making Love to Her 47. Meditations on Desire 48. Momin 49. Monsoon Poem 50. Mountain Child 51. My Eight-anna Coin 52. My Sister’s Bible 53. Need 54. Negro, My Brother 55. Night’s Golden Wineglasses 56. No, I Am not Losing My Sleep 57. Only a Connoisseur 58. Only One Face 59. Pigeons 60. Portrait 61. Prayer 62. Rāghavapāṇḍavīya 63. Rumi and the Reed 64. Satyabhama 65. Shadow 66. Silhouette 67. Sita’s Tears 68. Son to Mother 69. Summer Afternoon 70. Terms of Seeing 71. The Art of Courtesan 72. The Battlefield 73. The Corpse 74. The Cowherd’s Daughter 75. The Difference 76. The Evening 77. The Glow-Worm’s Gleam 78. The Insane 79. The Need to Travel 80. The New Man 81. The Orientalist 82. The Sleep 83. The Way 84. They Burnt My Father and Grandfather 85. Thirst 86. Things of Beauty 87. This Helplessness 88. Tibet 89. Time 90. To Her Besties 91. What Blue Is 92. What Frenzy is this? 93. When it Rains in Dharamshala 94. While I Slept 95. Whirlwind 96. Why Marry? 97. Winter 98. You are That 99. Your Thoughts 100. Your Trust Acknowledgements Permissions Acknowledgments Poets Translators Poets Index