Jaydeep Sarangi, dubbed as ‘bard on the banks of Dulung', is a widely anthologized and reviewed bilingual poet with eight collections in English latest being 'Memories of Words'(2023) . Sarangi has read his poems in different shores of the globe. He is on the editorial boards of different journals featuring poetry and articles on poetry like Mascara Literary Review, Transnational Literature, (Australia) , Teesta, WEC(India) . Among his recent awards, the Setu Award of Excellence for 2019(Petersburg, USA) and Sufi Literary Award(2020) . He is the President of Guild of Indian English Writers Editors and Critics (GIEWEC) . With Amelia Walker, he has guest edited a special issue(Oct.2020) for TEXT(Australia) . He is a professor of English and principal at New Alipore College, Kolkata.
Website: jaydeepsarangi.in E mail: jaydeepsarangi@gmail.com
The characters on the canvas are on interface
They turn around to show their full face.
Some wear a smug smile, others wry.
They never look us in the eye, deep.
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"If thou canst not ascend
These steps, die on that marble where thou art."
- John Keats
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My sad wings twitter
As body surrenders
To the snow peaks of Rotang.
I am stronger than ever
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I'm sure, these days, the sal trees,
An important source of
Hardwood timber
Look back in its slow silent flowering wait for
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"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary
destiny." - C.S. Lewis
My Providence guides
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