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Shanta Jayaram

writer and poet
writer and poet

Shanta, born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, grew up in Rourkela in the Steel Plant township and was educated in Ranchi and Kolkata. After a B.A. in English Literature from Ranchi University B.Ed. from Kolkata University, she has taught in several schools in Kolkata, Chennai in India and in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.  Her love for Nature remains very strong from childhood and she often speaks of herself as a child of the Sal forests. Her discernment and appreciation of aesthetics has come to her, as she always acknowledges, from her guru of Hindustani music, the revered Ustad Sabri Khan.     Read More...


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FLY-CUP AND POEMS MORE…
Books by Shanta Jayaram

Shanta, winner of the Critics award of the Grand Slam Poetry Contest, under the pen name, S.J. Menaka, of the U.S. Consulate General along with Prakriti in Chennai in 2010, stands tall in the world of poets of the present times.

Coming together in this robust second volume, “The Fly-cup and Poems More…” four years after “To Kill A Poet”, published in 2016, are thirty-five works, sheer in immensity. 

 Written in lyrical style, Sensuali

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To Kill a Poet
Books by Shanta Jayaram

To Kill a Poet is a collection of poems, each unique and exquisite in craftsmanship. This sheaf, gives you a glimpse of a multidimensional soul, strong and passionate, seeking beauty and truth, constantly.

The poet is a wordsmith who challenges the boundaries of grammar. There is lyricism and sensuality. “Will Some Body With Me Not Dally” and “Body Feels Gold” overwhelm you with their power and leave you breathless.

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