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A unique collection of contemporary poetry, selected and translated by Gulzar 'A POEM A DAY'

A unique collection of contemporary poetry, selected and translated by Gulzar 'A POEM A DAY'

Kolkata, Nov 30 (UNI) " A Poem a Day began as a thought – why not have a poem to read for every day of the year, selected from the wonderful Indian poetry that has been written since 1947? I started with some of my favourite poets, but almost before I knew it, we had poetry by 279 different poets writing in as many as 34 languages, " says Gulzar.
" I firmly believe that poetry doesn’t know any borders, so, along with poets from Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, Goa, Odisha, I included poets writing in Tamil in Sri Lanka, in Bangla in Bangladesh and Urdu and Punjabi in Pakistan. "
" The poems appear in English translation, which is a language that, thanks to our history, a majority of Indians are familiar with. But I wished to make the poems my own, and to write them again in my way in a language and idiom that is truly our own; therefore I transcreated the poems (except the ones that were originally written in Hindi or Urdu) in Hindustani, the language in which I write, " he adds.

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