Adhish Gupta
Poet, literature enthusiast and an art fanatic.
Poet, literature enthusiast and an art fanatic.

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Birthing

Books by Adhish Gupta

A world where taking a bite from another’s plate is a crime; a woman pregnant with a creature that can only be called demonic; a debt settled with a husband’s ear; a world where men are infertile and children are sown into mud and harvested like plants; a man who hires a contract killer to end his own life; a man who gives his mother to the man whose mother he killed as compensation; a mother who employs a hitman as a babysitter; a man who wakes up

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Birthing

Books by Adhish Gupta

A world where taking a bite from another’s plate is a crime; a woman pregnant with a creature that can only be called demonic; a debt settled with a husband’s ear; a world where men are infertile and children are sown into mud and harvested like plants; a man who hires a contract killer to end his own life; a man who gives his mother to the man whose mother he killed as compensation; a mother who employs a hitman as a babysitter; a man who wakes up

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Nadir

Books by Adhish Gupta

A little black woodpecker had its
beak stuck in the hollow bark of a tree.
It fluttered and twitched, hoping for release,
all to no avail. Eventually, it gave up,
knowing that its demise was certain,
and after I saw its submission, I went out and climbed the
tree and gently pulled it free.
But what happened in the process, was that a part of its
beak chipped and remained stuck in the wood.
The bird, in fear, spasmed and died

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Nepenthe

Books by Adhish Gupta

A poet writes, to be able to remember
that there lies an unfinished poem
on his desk, waiting to be completed,
as he sits on his pot, taking a shit;
a poet writes so that he can bear the
weight of food,
crashing against his oesophagus;
a poet writes to be able to
gather the strength, to walk down the
doctor’s corridor, for a prostrate exam;
a poet writes to be able to open a
jar of pickles;
a poet writes to

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What if the moon were a mortal?

Books by Adhish Gupta

‘If a poet falls in love with you,
you can never die,’
I read somewhere.
But what if he burns his art, O foolish stranger?
What if he burns his poems?
Isn't that the most painful
kind of death there is?
You get a small taste of immortality,
before you're stripped of it;
before you're forced into being a simple
mortal,
who'll never be
remembered by anyone,
all over again.
I see nothing worse th

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The life and adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Bootyhole

Books by Adhish Gupta

Mr. Bootyhole hung a photo frame over

the wall, and 

came home to find it shattered.

He did not know whom or what to blame:

the weight of the body of the frame;

the tree it was cut from;

the mud the sapling was planted in;

the high definition of the picture;

the printer which took forth the job of printing it;

the glass embedded within; 

the improper making of the brick

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Cockroaches in my desk

Books by Adhish Gupta


This novel is about a man who saw something quite unusual at an early age—he witnessed his father excrete red shit. That image didn’t pass; it fermented. Years later, when this peculiar character stumbles upon his first job in the corporate industry, his obsessions and explosive nature guide his actions at every turn, and not for the better.

Through diary entries that slip between past and present, he documents his life with unsettling

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Cockroaches in my desk

Books by Adhish Gupta


This novel is about a man who saw something quite unusual at an early age—he witnessed his father excrete red shit. That image didn’t pass; it fermented. Years later, when this peculiar character stumbles upon his first job in the corporate industry, his obsessions and explosive nature guide his actions at every turn, and not for the better.

Through diary entries that slip between past and present, he documents his life with unsettling

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The life and adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Bootyhole

Books by Adhish Gupta

Mr. Bootyhole hung a photo frame over

the wall, and 

came home to find it shattered.

He did not know whom or what to blame:

the weight of the body of the frame;

the tree it was cut from;

the mud the sapling was planted in;

the high definition of the picture;

the printer which took forth the job of printing it;

the glass embedded within; 

the improper making of the brick

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Nadir

Books by Adhish Gupta

A little black woodpecker had its
beak stuck in the hollow bark of a tree.
It fluttered and twitched, hoping for release,
all to no avail. Eventually, it gave up,
knowing that its demise was certain,
and after I saw its submission, I went out and climbed the
tree and gently pulled it free.
But what happened in the process, was that a part of its
beak chipped and remained stuck in the wood.
The bird, in fear, spasmed and died

Read More... Buy Now

Nepenthe

Books by Adhish Gupta

A poet writes, to be able to remember
that there lies an unfinished poem
on his desk, waiting to be completed,
as he sits on his pot, taking a shit;
a poet writes so that he can bear the
weight of food,
crashing against his oesophagus;
a poet writes to be able to
gather the strength, to walk down the
doctor’s corridor, for a prostrate exam;
a poet writes to be able to open a
jar of pickles;
a poet writes to

Read More... Buy Now

What if the moon were a mortal?

Books by Adhish Gupta

‘If a poet falls in love with you,
you can never die,’
I read somewhere.
But what if he burns his art, O foolish stranger?
What if he burns his poems?
Isn't that the most painful
kind of death there is?
You get a small taste of immortality,
before you're stripped of it;
before you're forced into being a simple
mortal,
who'll never be
remembered by anyone,
all over again.
I see nothing worse th

Read More... Buy Now

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