Some Issues (Trans.)

Select Verses

long form, romantic, abstract - bred of ennui and activism alike
Translations

sharing my profound love for Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi
Annual Poems

around the end of every year, its a moment of poignant reflections
Haikus

my inaccurate indulgence in this irresistible poetic form

Saswat Pattanayak 3/10/16 Saswat Pattanayak 3/10/16

Some Issues (Trans.)

Let us talk of the nation’s tribulations
Talk of the colonial power impositions
Why bother with heaven’s splendors
Let us talk of the hell we possess

Saswat Pattanayak 10/15/06 Saswat Pattanayak 10/15/06

Taj Mahal (Trans.)

Saswat Pattanayak 8/15/06 Saswat Pattanayak 8/15/06

Radical Child (Trans.)

One small world was all that we were bestowed
Bigots among us created India and Iran instead

Saswat Pattanayak 6/13/05 Saswat Pattanayak 6/13/05

Giving Back (Trans.)

I do not heed to the conscience of stars and the heaven
On my land of humanity, I have enough to shed tears on