Literature & Literary Studies
This book is a collection of selected poems from Pankhuri’s preceeding books of poems, ‘Prison Talkies’ and ‘Dear Suzannah’, translated in several European languages like Serbian, Romanian, Czech, Swedish, German, French, Polish, Russian, Greek, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovakian, Bulgarian, Uzbek, Arabic, Hebrew, Bangla and many other languages, along with the translations. Translation has been done by acclaimed International poets writing/translating in these languages. Like most of her work, these are poems political in nature, based on Pankhuri’s own encounter with Immigration in the USA, and Canada. Yet, these are poems fragrant with her love for that continent, its people, nature, topography, and shaped by her desire to understand the so-called cultural difference better, in a time of a global, cosmopolitan culture, where so much is shared and festivals being celebrated by people of other religions. These poems thus are poems celebrating peace, tolerance, humanity, and universal love.