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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Did I ever meet You? The simple answer is No, I never wanted to. A simpler answer is Yes, millions of times, in the gravity of spaces, in the eternity of moments, in the vortex of storms, in mellow dusks, and in grains of sands… You are ‘now’ and ‘here’. And You are ‘never’ and ‘nowhere’. Here is a collection of poems from the deepest chasms of unfulfilled desires and solitary musings, that somehow make the unbearable bearable, with just a whiff of ecstasy at the border of dejection, just the hint of a dream at the edge of doom, just a sublime hope at the end of the subconscious sorrow. They unsettle and ruffle peace and are unending journeys within oneself. Let the catharsis begin. Let intricate turbulence be expressed. Let the journey itself be relished and imbibed. Let the heart transcend the commonplace and the expected into forbidden realms and uncharted territories. Let the zing simmer. Let the passion live!
Soumyanetra
Soumyanetra is currently a faculty member of the Economic Research Unit (ERU) at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata. Previously she has held faculty positions at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). She has been an outstanding student and a topper throughout, topping the state of Orissa from Ravenshaw College Cuttack with record marks in the Higher Secondary Examination. She completed her schooling from Loreto Day School Bowbazar, her Bachelor’s in Economics (Hons.) from Presidency College and Master’s from ISI Kolkata. She earned her doctorate in Economics from Rutgers, the state University of New Jersey, USA.
Even though she’s a trained economist, she has always been a passionate lover of English and has been composing in various genres since childhood. She has been publishing prose and poetry in ‘The Statesman’ ever since she was in school and even now regularly contributes articles and short stories to the daily. In fact, even though she was a doctoral student of Economics at Rutgers, she had the privilege of teaching undergraduate courses in English at Rutgers (which ranks amongst the best English departments in the USA).
She lives in Kolkata with her husband and daughter. She is also a passionate Bharat Natyam dancer.
